After three years of investment committee education, staff is still behind risk-factor investing.
The local government pension fund reinvests in the British defence giant after it abandons nuclear weapons projects.
The old classic 60/40 portfolio has handily beaten its modern, diversified counterparts since the financial crisis.
Research from Natixis Global Asset Management finds investors are struggling to implement new investment strategies.
Corporate cash flow and other finance metrics should impact pension portfolio allocation, SEI says— but they are not.
UK’s Nest dumps conventional gilts in favour of corporate bonds and index-linked gilts.
Surge in value of overseas investments sees fund total increase by $18 billion.
European insurance CIOs claim they want to put 10% of their portfolio into satellite assets, but are dragging their heels on implementation.
Solvency II concerns take a back seat as insurers seek strong returns to repair their balance sheets.
Hedge funds’ playing around town is over – investors want serious, dedicated relationships.
DC portfolio creators should throw away peer benchmarks and focus on members’ financial outcomes.
As institutional investors move to risk-based allocations, they’re using hedge funds as portfolio shock absorbers, not alpha generators.
An investment steering group says DC pension funds’ insistence on investing in liquid assets is hindering their returns.
UK pension funds begin to allocate to active frontier market managers.
A better investment year for Swiss pension funds, but the elusive target cover ratio is proving tricky to reach.