Currents is a quarterly institutional magazine with articles that span a wide range of issues, from industry trends to investment innovations.

High Hanging Fruit
Winter 2012.
In this issue we explore reaching higher for returns in today's lower-yield environment. Read more about opportunities in emerging market equities, revisiting portfolio construction as alternatives go mainstream, making a thoughtful hedge fund allocation, and how index equity strategies continue to evolve with changing markets. Plus, learn how the Fed transformed its retirement plan. 
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Alternative Trendsetters
Special edition of Currents Magazine.
In this issue: Alternative Trendsetters includes investing insights from leading BlackRock thinkers. Discover the critical alternatives trends that other institutional investors are following, and understand the role alternatives can play in your portfolio. 
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Not Alone in the Lone Star State
Summer 2011.
How do strategic partnerships work in the real world? Can an illiquidity budget help you tap the powerful benefits of alternative investments? And what's the best way to take advantage of pricing inefficiencies in the liquid US large cap growth space? Find out in the latest edition of Currents, where we also introduce the BlackRock Investment Institute and discuss pension accounting reforms. 
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Crouching Beta, Hidden Alpha
Spring 2011.
Learn how the usual inflation-hedging suspects really stack up, consider how much China exposure you have, see what four industry experts have to say about LDI now, find out more about alpha for bond investors, and get a sneak preview of cash-like liquidity in a securitized portfolio.
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Special to Canada: From acceptance to action
What is the way forward for Canadian plan sponsors? Paul Purcell discusses some of the changes affecting pension funds and outlines four steps you can follow now to start transitioning to an LDI approach.
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How Will You Manage Your Journey?
Learn how to copy Xerox Corporation's journey management success.
January 2011
Learn how Xerox Corporation dialed down risk on the road to a higher funding ration, find out which institutional trends are most successful, take a behind the scenes look at BlackRock's risk management capabilities, read straight talk from Ken Kroner on Scientific Active Equity, and learn why Rick Rieder thinks bond market technicals should continue to support risk assets.
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Globalizing a Global Pension Plan
How ExxonMobil transformed 12 global pension plans.
October 2010
Learn how ExxonMobil brought greater diversification and consistency to 12 plans across 11 countries, find out if barbell strategies can do the heaving lifting in your portfolio, explore emerging market equity opportunities, and discover why the action is in the board room, not the court room, when it comes to distressed investing.
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Portfolio Prescriptions
Protect against inflation, cure home country bias, and discover a healthy approach to fund of funds.
July 2010
Discover how an award-winning plan sponsor identified a strategic partner, explore the myths and realities of global equity investing, learn how emerging market debt could help diversify your fixed income portfolio, build a better inflation mousetrap, and find the best way to hedge funds of funds risks.
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Are you Ready For Change?
Discover new ways to fight inflation, manage risk, and get your portfolio back on track
May 2010
Find out when (and why) Peter Fisher and Paul Harrison think investors should worry about inflation, discover Bennett Golub and Conan Crum’s risk management lessons worth remembering from the Credit Crisis, and learn about a new way to introduce meaningful change into your plan with Fred Dopfel’s Charter Portfolio.
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Meet the New BlackRock
From equity insights to institutional trends, learn how to unlock your portfolio's potential.
March 2010
Find out if US and European investors think alike, discover what qualities do Bob Doll and Russ Koesterich look for in an equity manager, and learn how distinct processes and shared market insights benefit your fixed income portfolios, whether they be fundamental or model-based.
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Challenging Conventional Wisdom
Innovative ideas and investment solutions for today’s plan sponsors
Oct 2009
What’s the best way to manage a liquidity crunch? Can an active approach to commodities offer diversification and inflation protection? How can interim beta solutions help when you’re in between managers
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Making better Investment Decisions
From credit spread opportunities to currency hedging policies, your guide starts here
July 2009
Learn why we miss the obvious and how investment committees can make better decisions in an interview with Harvard's Max Bazerman, discover a framework for evaluating currency hedging decisions, and find out how the prospects for emerging markets stocks stack up.
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Sizing up the Situation
Uncertain times call for sound investment ideas
April 2009
Learn how liability-driven investing transformed VWR Corporation's defined benefit plan, how the firm's big picture thinkers respond to some of today's most vexing issues, and why valuing your pension liability may not be as simple as you think. Plus, discover a new approach to rebalancing that can reduce risk inexpensively in today's markets.
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