Redemption Pressures Force Fund of Hedge Funds Cadogan to Shut Doors, Transition to Cantor Fitzgerald
Established fund-of-funds firm Cadogan Management is shuttering its operations, handing its business to strategic partner Cantor Fitzgerald.
Established fund-of-funds firm Cadogan Management is shuttering its operations, handing its business to strategic partner Cantor Fitzgerald.
Following a strong Q4 auction performance, eSecLending has achieved an industry milestone with $2.5 trillion in assets auctioned.
Lyxor Asset Management has been selected to help the California State Teachers' Retirement System develop its new Global Macro Hedge Fund strategy.
Prudential has broadened its international reinsurance business, completing a UK-focused longevity reinsurance transaction with Deutsche Bank.
Norway's Ministry of Finance has excluded Pennsylvania-based company FMC Corporation and the Canadian-based Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (Potash) from the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) investment universe.
Mexican pension fund association Amafore reports that the country's schemes have shown an average real return of 2.6% this year through October.
Standard & Poor's has revealed that the debt crisis has prompted 15 Eurozone nations to be put on review for possible downgrade.
Dietrich & Associates, a US pension risk transfer advisory firm, has released a new whitepaper with the goal of evolving the conversation surrounding pension risk and liability driven investing.
Consultant and currency guru Cynthia Steer has left Russell Investments.
The bankruptcy of AMR Corp, the parent company of American Airlines, is just another example of the impact that pension plans can have on a company’s corporate finances, industry sources say.
"Investors who wish to reduce portfolio volatility can usually achieve a reduction through investments in fixed-income rather than sacrificing expected returns by investing in a low-volatility strategy," according to a new paper released by Dimensional Fund Advisors.
UK Chancellor George Osborne has announced that a total of £6.3 billion of public money and up to £20 billion of private funding from pension funds will be invested in infrastructure projects, and while consultants generally commend the decision, they also express skepticism.
In a newly released whitepaper, consulting firm Towers Watson advises plan sponsors about the new risks of stable-value investment strategies.