More than half of respondents said they view investing in stocks, bonds, property, private equity and hedge funds as slightly or much riskier than before, with commodities being the slight exception.
The rising cost of worker and retiree benefits has pushed nineteen states to reduce pension liabilities or increase employee contributions in the first 10 months of 2010, a new study shows.
An annual poll by Baring Asset Management has revealed that about 50% of UK pensions have recently altered the allocations of their funds in favor of alternatives to reduce volatility and achieve greater diversification.
A study of 2009 returns of 37 pension plans at US-based insurance companies has shown that the funded status of US life and non-life insurers' defined benefit pension plans has widely improved in 2009.
A study by The Conference Board shows that by the end of 2009, institutional investors -- including pension funds, insurance companies, savings institutions, and foundations -- had registered substantial gains in 2009, rebounding to pre-crisis levels.
The £30 billion universities pension fund aims to up its exposure to short-term computer-driven hedge funds that try to profit from volatility by betting on turbulent market moves.
A recent survey by Alpha Search Advisory Partners has revealed that while hedge funds are reworking policies to lure money from institutional investors, change to the pay structure of marketing executives at hedge funds has been slow.
A survey by one of the country’s biggest pension advisory firms has revealed that time-pressured trustees are unable to spend sufficient time on investment decisions.