The Government of Singapore Investment Corp has expressed uncertainty about developed economies and is moving investments toward developing economies in what it calls a “challenging” investment climate.
A new OECD report shows that having weathered the financial crisis, pension fund asset levels in most countries continue to show strong growth and are on the way to returning to pre-crisis levels.
A survey from consultancy Towers Watson has shown that insurance companies are prepared to take more risks in investing, fueled by pressure from low interest rates.
As investors continue to allocate new capital to hedge funds despite volatile markets, new data from Hedge Fund Research -- which tracks asset flows and performance figures -- has shown that global hedge-fund assets rose to a record $2.04 trillion by the end of the second quarter.
New York City’s five pension plans are considering a move to consolidate their investments in private equity by unloading a $2 billion portfolio of buyout funds.
Korea Investment Corp. CEO Choi Chong-suk said the sovereign wealth fund must take advantage of favorable market conditions to increase strategic and alternative investments.
Six infrastructure funds totaling $2.8 billion closed during the second quarter, according to a Preqin study; indications suggest that an increasing number of funds will be closing during the end of 2011 and into 2012.
Doctors have claimed that councils in England are profiting from deaths through smoking by investing tens of millions of pounds of their pensions in tobacco firms.
Research released by the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) reveals that the rapidly changing regulatory environment within Latin America is enabling greater institutional investment in private equity.
Amid negative economic news, institutional investment managers surveyed by Northern Trust solidified a trend toward risk aversion in the second quarter of 2011.
A growing number of UK pension plans have expressed concern over the increasing longevity of plan members, according to MetLife’s Pension Risk Behaviour Index Study.
Japanese corporate pension plans will likely triple their allocations to alternative assets as they seek to boost returns in anticipation of the retirement of their rapidly aging beneficiaries, Credit Suisse has said.
Pacific Investment Management Co. raised the allocation of U.S. Treasuries in its $242.7 billion Total Return Fund from 5% to 8%, indicating a softening of Bill Gross’ aggressively short position on Treasuries.
A new report by BNY Mellon and consultant Strategic Insight -- which analyzes the factors fueling the rapid expansion of the ETF market and how asset managers can profit from the expansion -- predicts that ETF assets will reach $2 trillion by 2015.
