While the International Monetary Fund has said Greece is well-positioned to avoid the restructuring of its debt, it warns that Europe's debt crisis could still spread to core euro zone countries and the emerging economies of eastern Europe.
Investors are flocking to smaller property funds of less than $1 billion in size due to their more focused strategies and better returns, Preqin has found.
Reflecting a general movement by investors to diversify away from portfolios dominated by the “home bias” of domestic stocks, as noted in a survey by aiCIO, a new paper by Hermes Global Equities Advisers shows that investors must become increasingly global to capture superior returns.
A report by asset management consulting firm Cerulli Associates shows that assets in Latin American pension and mutual funds will reach $1.4 trillion over the next five years, with Chile becoming the most attractive market.
Strong gains in equities and higher employer contributions have pushed the nation's largest employer-sponsored pension plans toward higher funding levels in 2010, Towers Watson reveals.
The $236 billion California public pension said it has allocated $400 million toward three emerging managers in the pension fund's Manager Development Program II for public investment.
Superior active manager performance and gains in equities have propelled returns of US pension plans as well as endowments and foundations in the Northern Trust universe.
