Asset Management Culture

Increased volatility caused by coronavirus likely to keep risk transfer market booming.

As coronavirus cases increase, the investment office of the California educator fund has developed plans in case investment staff are quarantined.

Some of the country’s largest institutional investors are taking precautionary steps to protect their staff from the virus.

The state retirement fund is injecting $55 million to pay down liabilities, while also changing COLAs and increasing contributions.

Even senior management at Temasek may find their bonuses trimmed as much as 15%, as investors contend with the disease’s impact. 

Citing under-representation in the current KRS board, the system puts forth legislation to establish its own panel.  

That share of the pie gets even smaller—to 3%—when more stringent definitions of ‘diversity’ are applied. 

Private equity had a good year, but individual selections of stocks and other assets hobbled overall showing, report says. 

Former Houston Rockets team member Zaid Abdul-Aziz is entitled to additional benefits for the rest of his life, suit says. 

Three pensions pool their capital to invest in residential property/affordable housing, regeneration, digital infrastructure, and clean energy. 

Deloitte poll finds that 63% of dealmakers look for more activity this year, down from 2019’s expectations.