CIO Profile: Should Pensions Merge Custodial Searches?
Glenn Cossey, investment manager for the Norfolk Pension Fund, tells aiCIO that there is strength in numbers.
Manager Selection
Investors Demand Better from Managers over Crisis
Fund managers have the insight and the tools—investors want to feel the benefit of them.
How to Win Back Investor Trust
Financial scandals, poor returns, and high fees have damaged investors’ view of fund managers – here’s how to regain it.
To Outsource, or Not to Outsource – That is the Australian Question
Australia Ponders Internal vs External Investment.
Flight to “Exotic” Fixed Income Funds is a Global Phenomenon (Except for Canada)
EM debt and absolute return strategies dominate manager searches.
The Softer Side of Hedge Funds: Charitable Giving
It’s not just fast cars and school fees - how hedge funds are putting your fees to good use.
Third Point’s Loeb, AQR’s Asness Named on DB Pension Enemy List
The list, published by a top teachers union, names 34 hedge funds managers involved with organizations it claims are attacking educators’ DB pension plans.
PPF Expands Its GTAA Manager List after Threefold Growth
UK’s pension lifeboat scheme tenders for another six potential managers after total scheme assets hit £13.5 billion.
Lean Times for New PE Managers
Private equity fundraising is strong overall, but Preqin data shows that few investors are taking chances on first-time managers.
CalPERS Partners with Standard Life, Aiming for Alpha
This is the inaugural deal for CalPERS’ multi-asset class partnership program.
Why Hedge Funds Really Want Your Money
Hint: It's not the fees.
Hedge Fund Investors Quit Paying for Beta
Capital and compensation tracked hedge fund performance more closely in 2012 than years prior, according to fresh industry data.
US Managers Win Sales Race in Europeans’ Back Yard
European fund houses are losing out to their American rivals on home turf, a study reveals.
Hyper Activity Is Costing Large US Public Plans, Scholars Say
Large US public pensions are, on average, making alpha—but could be making more if they shifted a greater portion of their portfolios to passive investments, researchers say.
San Diego Pension Urged Go Passive and Save on Fees
Why pay for active when passive can work just as well? That was the message the California pension fund's board got from its strategist Salient Partners at the latest meeting.