Survey Shows UK Industry Watchdog Lacks Accountability
A National Association of Pension Funds pulse survey has show 78% of respondents believe the UK's watchdog should be more accountable to those it regulates.
Asset Allocation
CalPERS Sheds LaSalle of Industrial RE Portfolio
The country's biggest public pension fund has transferred most of its CalEast Global Logistics industrial real estate portfolio to private investment firm GI Partners from LaSalle Investment Management.
Institutional Investor Confidence on the Upswing
With North American and European institutions leading the way, institutional investor confidence has risen in November, according to research by State Street Global Markets.
Study Suggests ESG Mutual Funds Outperform
Research by Trucost and RLP Capital shows that mutual funds incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis outperformed traditional funds over one-and three-year periods.
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.
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.