Research conducted by SSgA's Active Emerging Markets investment team found that since January 1997, smaller markets such as Chile, Peru and Hungary outperformed BRIC countries within the emerging market world.
After a year working on a World Economic Forum report about the future of long-term investing, which was mandated at an annual meeting in Davos in 2010, co-author Max von Bismarck speaks with aiCIO about the implications for institutional investors.
Aberdeen's latest Pensions Intelligence white paper has shown that while trustees acknowledge the diversification potential of emerging market debt, they have not yet fully embraced it.
A survey by Preqin shows that 67% of placement agents intend to cease working with California-based public pension schemes affected by new legislation, yet CalSTRS says it has experienced no such threats.
Dag Dyrdal, Chief Strategic Relations Officer at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, says that the fund will continue to play an active role in Europe's bailout fund and sees opportunity in Asian markets as well as real estate.
Findings from the Insurance Asset Outsourcing Exchange, which tracks newly outsourced investment mandates by insurance companies and investment managers, show that an increasing number of insurers are outsourcing management to third parties.
A report by Moody's Investor Service shows that as pension funds increase their allocation to alternatives, hedge fund managers will have to lower fees, change their business strategies and reduce their risk tolerance.
From aiCIO Magazine: Despite—or, maybe, because of— continued
praise and euphoria for emerging markets, some investors think the
sector may be at risk of a bubble, concerned whether these relatively
small markets can handle all the money flowing into them.
Management consulting firm Bain & Company, surveying the private equity landscape, sees a lot of dry powder – and warns that the urge to put it to use may cause firms to overextend.
From aiCIO Magazine: Our inaugural Survey of Asset & Geographical Allocations (SAGA) reveals that investors are good, but far from perfect, at avoiding home-country biases in their portfolios.
