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%.
A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers shows that mergers-and-acquisitions activity in Canada was up in the third quarter from a year earlier, particularly in terms of deal volume, fueled by Canada's big banks and pension funds.
Denmark’s ATP fund has revealed it is open to investing in Europe’s rescue vehicle, which will be created with the goal of saving the region’s most indebted members.
A new analysis by Mercer has shown that the funded status for most pension plans is anticipated to drop significantly with plan sponsors facing sharply higher contributions for 2011 and beyond.
A study by the EDHEC-Risk Institute questions whether investing in commodities for financial gain has caused heightened volatility and a decade-long rise in commodity prices over recent years.
A new study by Bluefin Corporate Consulting of defined benefit scheme clients in the UK has found that the main threats to pension scheme funding are widely perceived as being long term interest rates, inflation, and equity performance.
Companies worldwide are continuing to shift their investor relations strategies to expand outreach to sovereign wealth funds and emerging markets, according to an annual survey conducted by BNY Mellon.
