Research by Eager, Davis & Holmes reveals that institutional hires in alternative investments and real estate increased in the first two quarters of 2011 at the expense of domestic active equity and fixed-income.
The three Louisiana pension funds that expressed concern over Fletcher Asset Management’s liquidity and financial reporting practices have sent a team to the hedge fund to investigate the matter; their findings suggest that the initial concerns may have been unsubstantiated.
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) has announced new industry guidelines to standardize the disclosure of investment risk in superannuation funds.
New research reveals that dissatisfaction and uncertainty surround target-date funds while participation in the funds is growing; industry experts have cited serious concern with the funds despite their strong rebound from losses during the financial crisis.
In another legal blow to Bank of America, a group of 15 institutional investors has sued the bank for allegedly misleading investors about the integrity of its subsidiary Countrywide Financial’s financial condition and lending practices.
Global equities managers with smaller assets and fewer staff members receive the greatest excess returns, new research shows; at least one large US pension fund is investing accordingly.
With the implementation of Dodd-Frank act’s provision on executive pay and corporate performance approaching, a majority of companies surveyed by Towers Watson are moderately concerned about having to show the relationship between pay and performance.
While Mexico's Afore retirement funds are still slanted toward fixed-income and government bonds, new rule changes could release $6 billion into equities.
Oklahoma's attorney general is launching an investigation into the state's pension investments based on fraud found in California, Virginia, and Florida.
With hedge funds' “footprint” within markets being “generally small," the UK Financial Services Authority says defaults in the asset class pose little threat to the country’s financial system.
A judge in Manhattan District Court has rejected a bid by former Lehman Brothers executives and affiliates to dismiss a case alleging misleading practices, as the lawsuits that investors have filed against financial institutions continue to creep forward.
