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.
Institutional investment managers have an increasingly negative outlook on US economic growth, yet many still see opportunities in the US equity markets, according to a quarterly survey by Northern Trust.
Jane Ambachtsheer, Partner and Global Head of Responsible Investment at Mercer and Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto (Canada), notes that while growing global influence of corporations has led to the development of a range of norms, codes, and conventions that seek to govern their behavior, pension funds may be missing in action.
A new report issued by New York City Comptroller John Liu and compiled by the National Institute on Retirement Security, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit, asserts that built-in economic efficiencies enable New York City pensions to do more with less.
Reclaiming fiduciary-duty balance between prudence, loyalty, and impartiality is critical to sustaining pension promises, a new academic paper asserts.
In a joint statement, the world's largest investors representing more than $20 trillion in assets, have stressed the urgent need for policy action on climate change.
While hedge fund industry assets suffered in the third quarter of 2011, dropping by $85 billion to $1.97 trillion, the industry experienced net inflows of $8.7 billion for the period, bringing total inflows so far this year to $70.1 billion, Hedge Fund Research has shown.
