Africa Poised for 'Explosive' Frontier Market Growth
Best investment opportunities for funds considering emerging and frontier markets: Africa and Russia, according to Global Pensions.
Asset Allocation
Soros Hedge Fund Slashes Gold Investment
After famously calling gold 'the ultimate asset bubble,' George Soros, along with other leading investment funds, has sold gold and other metal stocks.
Survey: Fund Managers Foresee Weakened China Economy
A new BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for May shows that a net 28% of regional fund managers expect China's economy to weaken in the coming year, up from a net 15% in March.
CalPERS Cuts Investment Ties with Iran, Sudan
The nation's largest public pension fund is slashing its investment associations with Iran and Sudan, fully complying with state divestment laws passed in 2006 and 2007.
New York Common Retirement Fund Enters Into Joint Venture in Pursuit of RE
Equity One and New York Common Retirement Fund enter into a joint venture to acquire grocery-anchored neighborhood centers.
Harvard Ups Stake in Emerging-Market Funds in Q1
A filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission has shown that Harvard’s biggest ETF purchases were shares tracking Brazil, India and Russia.
Asset Manager Says China to Become a Distinct Asset Class
As institutional investors continue to crowd into the rapidly-growing economies of emerging markets to improve equity returns, China may be poised to emerge as a "separate asset class," asset manager RCM has said.
IMF Calms Fears on Greece, Warns Debt Crisis Could Spread to 'Core Euro Area'
While the International Monetary Fund has said Greece is well-positioned to avoid the restructuring of its debt, it warns that Europe's debt crisis could still spread to core euro zone countries and the emerging economies of eastern Europe.
Report: Hedge Fund Investors Upbeat on Emerging Markets, Fixed-Income
Hedge funds in March attracted inflows of $15.7 billion with investors favoring emerging markets and fixed-income, a survey shows.
Survey: Pensions Shun Domestic Equities for Liability-Matching Investments
A new study by Aon Hewitt has shown that liability-matching investments have been growing in popularity among US corporate pension plans.
Report: Small Funds Outperform Larger Counterparts in Real Estate
Investors are flocking to smaller property funds of less than $1 billion in size due to their more focused strategies and better returns, Preqin has found.
Surveys: Corporate Pension Funding Up in US, Down in UK
Recent reports paint differing pictures of pension funding
trends on either side of the Atlantic.
PwC Survey: Volcker Rule Creates Uncertainty Around Alternatives Divestment
A recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers shows that a lack of clarification over the Volcker Rule is stalling divestment of alternatives.
Report Echoes aiCIO Survey, Urging Investors to Go Global
Reflecting a general movement by investors to diversify away from portfolios dominated by the “home bias” of domestic stocks, as noted in a survey by aiCIO, a new paper by Hermes Global Equities Advisers shows that investors must become increasingly global to capture superior returns.
European Pensions Fret About Inflation Impact
Research by Mercer shows that pension funds are increasingly worried about the potential impact of inflation shocks on their portfolios.