The overall pension funding deficit for all of 2012 increased by $74 billion from the previous year for the top 100 defined benefit pensions in the US, according to a study by investment consultant Milliman.
Institutions tend to overweight home-country private equity investments, and make poorer returns on them than other asset classes, according to new research.
Editorial Comment: Is 2013 the year that secret capital—the assets of pensions, endowments, foundations, insurance and sovereign funds that buoy global markets—gets its due?
Hedge fund managers have a lot to be happy about next year, despite increasing skepticism over the historically opaque industry, according to Tim Barron, chief investment officer of consulting firm Segal Rogerscasey.
The ambitious, tedious, and (semi-) democratic process of
running a US public fund, via the microcosm of one investment board meeting of
the New York City Employees’ Retirement System.
During a time when Eurozone stability and global systemic risk are top concerns for C-level execs, companies are increasingly finding opportunity in sovereign wealth funds, a survey by BNY Mellon has found.
On December 4, for the third consecutive year, aiCIO hosted its much-lauded Industry Innovation Awards dinner--here's a video and transcript of the opening remarks.
