Following on the heels of Norway and oil-rich states in the Middle East, Western Australia's Premier Colin Barnett has expressed plans to form its own sovereign-wealth fund to better harness its natural resources.
Money market funds look set for a torrid time in 2012 as regulatory pressures hit at the same time investors are demanding performance and liquidity.
Investors need to better understand how tail risk hedging works, the tradeoffs involved, and how the costs are determined, according to a whitepaper by BNY Mellon.
Investors looking to tap global growth in stressed markets should look outside their usual value-focused remit, Mercer Investment Consulting says.
If there are two overriding trends amongst corporate pensions, they are investment outsourcing and liability-driven investing (LDI). Sun Chemical, choosing to focus on its core competency, is doing both.
The global financial crisis of 2008/2009 has led to disillusionment with traditional approaches to diversification and has resulted in the growing popularity of hedging as a tool for lowering risk, a recent paper by BNY Asset Management claims.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has been called in to review the Irish pension system as the Eurozone nation flounders in recession.
John Johnson, the interim chief investment officer of the $6.5 billion Wyoming Retirement System, says thoughts of market volatility cause him many a restless night's sleep.
Larger Australian asset pools will lead superannuation chiefs to reconsider their investment options and dump domestic providers, a new study has found.
Higher energy prices are contributing to soaring commodities prices, as they "sow the seeds of their own self destruction," a recent paper by Morgan Stanley Investment Management asserts.