The money manager's index, which uses 100 as a neutral reading, has found that investor confidence dropped 3.3 points to 100.9 in January from 104.2 in December.
A survey by the European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) has shown a shift in approach by investors in terms of preferred location.
With a low interest rate environment expected to continue, a survey by Towers Watson expects there will be further delay before many Canadian defined benefit (DB) pension plans become fully funded.
A survey of public and private pension plans with $2.23 trillion in combined assets shows that a majority of pension executives are doubtful about the growth of securities lending revenue, as plan sponsors increasingly view securities lending as an investment product.
Findings from Coller Capital's latest semi-annual Global Private Equity Barometer survey of 120 limited partners (LPs) show heightened confidence among institutional investors as their private equity programs develop.
The China Investment Corp. has worked with $200 billion from the
central government, which granted the money when the sovereign wealth
fund was created in 2007; the second round of investment has been on the
radar for more than a year.
In consultant firm Mercer's latest Fearless Forecast survey, investment managers have predicted that Canadian pensions will experience reduced shortfalls, with funds seeing their funded status moving closer to the levels they hit before the market downturn in 2008.
A study by Northern Trust of approximately 97 institutional managers shows expectation of rising inflation and interest rates, as well as increased skepticism about the prospects for emerging markets.
As part of its multi-asset allocation within the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS), the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) has allocated $600 million to two risk parity strategy managers.
The survey by the Insurance Asset Outsourcing Exchange has suggested that insurance companies should provide a better description of investment needs up front in the RFP, among other recommendations, and created a list of best practices.
According to the latest figures from the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), the UK's 6,560 final-salary schemes in the private sector have moved to a surplus, following positive news on pension funding ratios in the US.