SEI Global Poll: LDI Investing Continues to Gain Traction
Pension plans are increasingly adopting liability-driven investing strategies, a new SEI study shows, with the UK and Netherlands in the lead.
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Shareholder Group Says Pay Practices at Banks Fueled Risk-Taking
The Council of Institutional Investors, which represents about 130 pension funds, has shown that pay practices at major Wall Street banks likely helped drive excessive risk-taking by executives and contributed to financial collapse in 2008.
Korea Investment Corp Aims to Stray Away From Stocks, Bonds
The nation's $37 billion sovereign wealth fund is planning on making three or four strategic investments with other state funds next year.
UK Defined Benefit Schemes Aim to Cut Risk Within Five Years
Research by Towers Watson has found that a majority of corporate executives running DB schemes say they would use sophisticated financial products to reduce their risk.
EDHEC Encourages Sovereign Wealth Funds to Revise Investment Approach
With the growth of sovereign wealth funds likely to continue and expected to reach around $10 trillion within the next decade, a new paper by EDHEC says these investment vehicles should improve their investment policies and risk management practices.
Study Shows Insurers Battle Lower Investment Returns
A report by Swiss Re has found that the ongoing financial crisis has created a "new, challenging environment for insurance investment managers."
GSAM Survey Shows Commodities Appear Less Risky
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.
Pew Center Shows States Boost Effort to Combat Rising Public-Sector Pension Costs
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.
Pensions Say Goodbye Equities, Hello Alts
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.
Study Shows UK Pension Risk Transfers Set to Double
Hymans Robertson has showed that by 2012, pension risk transfers are set to surpass £1 billion in the fourth quarter.
Asset Managers Achieve Hefty Paychecks in 2010
Compensation in the US asset management industry is rebounding after two less lucrative years, a new report reveals.
Fitch Report Says Insurers' Pension Funding Improves
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.
Report Shows US Institutional Assets in 2009 Rebound
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.
Survey Shows Pensions Take More Tactical Approach to LDI Hedging
The fund manager's latest quarterly survey has revealed a continued level of inflation hedging and a slight decrease in interest rate hedging.
Report Shows Pension Shareholder Activism on the Rise in 2011
A new study has shown that pension fund shareholder activism is set to rise over the next 12 months.