As Europe battles its deepest budget cuts since World War II, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is trying to revive the economy, finalizing an agreement with pensions and infrastructure investors to finance projects.
A study by Metlife shows that plan sponsors in both the United Kingdom and the United States are “keenly aware of the challenges their DB pension plans still face.”
American sovereign debt is likely to appreciate in value if the Congressional SuperCommittee cannot reach an agreement on fiscal matters.
A new Bank of America Merrill Lynch study has demonstrated that -- driven by Eurozone turbulence -- money managers are fleeing to US and emerging market equities.
JP Morgan Asset Management has released a new report asserting that plan sponsors that seek to de-risk pension plans entirely are “dreaming an impossible dream," yet industry sources highlight various inconsistencies with the firm's claims.
A new report by Preqin has found that 38% of institutional investors surveyed in the firm's most recent analysis aim to increase their exposure to hedge fund investments in 2012.
A new survey by JP Morgan Asset Management shows that despite concerns of low interest rates, political risk, and portfolio risk among European institutional investors, fixed-income allocations will not be reduced.
A new report by Hedge Fund Research shows that within the hedge fund universe, equity hedge leads the industry while macro funds decline.
Performance of institutional assets was negative for the third quarter, with foundations and endowments hit hardest by market declines, according to Wilshire.
Following a report by consulting firm Mercer that ranked the pension system of the United States in tenth place, a new analysis by Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) shows that Greece is under the most pressure to reform while the Australian pension system ranks as the best.
Preliminary data released by the Commonfund Institute and the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) has found that for the 2011 fiscal year (July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011), institutions’ endowments in the United States returned an average of 19.8%.