As institutional investors in the UK experience a new market storm and increased volatility, real estate is attracting strong interest, research firm bfinance says in a recent research report.
Damon Krytzer, a pension trustee, and Sam Kunz, the chief investment officer of Chicago's Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund, speak with aiCIO on misperceptions behind dynamic asset allocation and risk parity strategies.
The Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index -- which includes 16 countries and 50% of the world population -- has found that the Netherlands, Australia, and Switzerland holds the top three spots in the ranking, while the US ranks in 10th place.
According to new research published by Aviva Investors, UK pensions could have improved their long-term investment performance by up to 3.5% a year if trustees had applied dynamic asset allocation to their portfolios.
The United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has released a compendium to draw attention to how its signatories are implementing responsible investment practices in infrastructure investment.
The $146.9 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund has allocated $300 million to Artemis Real Estate Partners as its initial investment in a new emerging manager program.
Research by TheCityUK, a UK-based financial services trade organization, has discovered that worldwide investment management conventional assets rose 10% in 2010 to a record $79.27 trillion.
Amid an environment of falling equities values and low interest rates, Legal & General Investment Management America, BNY Mellon Asset Management, and UBS Global Asset Management have all separately released reports showing that corporate funding is on the decline.
