Rip Reeves

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CEO

Rip Reeves is CEO of Institutional Investor, with oversight of its global events platform, journalism, thought leadership and fintech businesses. In 2022, he retired as Chief Investment Officer and Treasurer of AEGIS Insurance Services after 11 years of service. In the 26+ years preceeding, Reeves’ professional experience encompassed portfolio management, global asset allocation, treasury, investment banking, sales/trading, and large team management. He has a bachelor’s degree in marketing and an MBA, both from LSU. Reeves’ board leadership includes Investment Committee Chair for The LSU Foundation overseeing the University's Endowment, service on the Northern Trust Asset Management Board of Advisors and the Preferred Mutual Insurance Company Board of Directors. He is also a Professor in the Finance Department for LSU.

July 15, 2025

How to Understand Investors’ Needs

Rip Reeves on putting yourself in the institutional investor's shoes: research their mandate and portfolio, and show up to meetings ready to listen.
Guest: Rip Reeves
July 11, 2025

What Makes an Investment Attractive for Institutional Investors

What makes an investment attractive to institutions, and why it must fit the specific objectives of family offices, pensions, endowments, and insurers.
Guest: Rip Reeves
June 18, 2025

Aligning Investment Strategies with Institution's Objectives

Why institutional investment strategies must match the pool's long-term objectives, from liquidity for pensions and retirement plans to insurance claims.
Guest: Rip Reeves
May 30, 2025

Avoiding Short Term Traps in Investor Relations

Rip Reeves on the mistake of being too transactional with institutional investors, and why lasting relationships with asset managers take years to build.
Guest: Rip Reeves
May 23, 2025

How Institutional Investors Identify Opportunities

How institutional investors find opportunities, why team size shapes access to information, and how communities and events speed things up.
Guest: Rip Reeves
May 13, 2025

Key Red Flags That Deter Institutional Investors

The red flags that deter institutional investors, especially weak governance and asset managers who drift from their stated strategy.
Guest: Rip Reeves
May 1, 2025

What is Institutional Investor

Rip Reeves on how Institutional Investor grew from a print magazine he read at LSU into a media, thought leadership, and events company.
Guest: Rip Reeves
April 24, 2025

Understanding Institutional Investor's Needs

Why companies and service providers must understand an institutional investor's objectives before pitching products to long-term allocators.
Guest: Rip Reeves
April 21, 2025

Inside the Structure of Institutional Investors

Rip Reeves on how institutional investors differ in size and structure, from $100 million portfolios to trillion-dollar sovereign wealth funds.
Guest: Rip Reeves
April 4, 2025

A Guide to Different Types of Institutional Investors

Institutional Investor CEO Rip Reeves on the main types of institutional investors, from pension plans and endowments to insurers and consultants.
Guest: Rip Reeves
April 2, 2025

What is the Difference Between an Asset Manager and Asset Allocator

Rip Reeves explains the difference between asset managers, who provide investment services, and asset allocators, who hire them.
Guest: Rip Reeves
April 1, 2025

Emerging Trends in Institutional Investing

Rip Reeves on how traditional and alternative markets are blending, and how wealthy individuals, family offices, and RIAs are joining the institutional world.
Guest: Rip Reeves