''Chief Investment Officer Magazine'' (formerly ''aiCIO'') was an English-language international finance magazine. It is now just a website owned by Strategic Insight. In 2009, the magazine was honored with

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's Silver Ozzie Award for "Best Design New Magazine, B-to-B". In 2011, the magazine was a finalist for the Jesse H. Neal Award, in the category recognizing Best Subject-Related Series of Articles for their entry, "Interrogations". ''CIO Magazines work has also been excerpted in ''

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'' and referenced in ''

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''. The target readership for the magazine includes

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s and senior investment professionals. The print and digital publication reports news, opinion, and research focusing on investment issues affecting pension, insurance, and sovereign wealth funds, as well as endowments and foundations. ''CIO'' is headquartered in New York City.

Organizational history

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which sold to Genstar Capital in July 2014. Following the first acquisition, the firm was relocated from Connecticut to Manhattan. Offices are located in

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, and

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. The magazine changed its name to ''aiCIO'' from ''ai5000'' in late 2010, to describe its audience by function (chief investment officers), as opposed to size (the 5,000 largest funds in the world, with the cutoff being around $1 billion), and again to ''CIO'' in 2014. The magazine is the sister publication of ''

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'', '' PLANSPONSOR'', '' planadvisor'', and '' aiTrade''. Leanna Orr took over for Paula Vasan as Managing Editor in March of 2013. Elizabeth Pfeuti serves as ''CIO's ''European Editor.

Magazine structure

''CIOs online news sections encompass

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, book reviews, deals,

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, regulation, and risk management in the

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space. Its magazine editions incorporate Features, Strategy & Tactics, an Interrogation section, which features first-person profiles with thought-leaders in the world of finance, and the Consultant Corner section. In September 2011, the publication published its first instance of proprietary data on the topic of

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