Research conducted by Russell Investments warns that the growing trend for mergers among Australia's industry superannuation funds may not be serving the best interests of members.
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) aims to streamline relationships with external fund managers to aid in pooling information within the organization, Reuters has reported.
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), facing massive funding shortfalls, has been labeled a "high risk" problem for California by the state auditor.
Even with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed public pension reforms, Fitch Ratings has downgraded the State of New Jersey's outstanding general obligation (GO) bonds to 'AA-' from 'AA'.
The University of Texas Investment Management Co. is expanding derivative use to hedge against a euro-region debt default or a collapse in the dollar, while simultaneously upping limits on commodities including gold, Bloomberg has reported.
Jeffrey Gundlach has told a jury that he had no use for data from TCW Group Inc., his former employer, to start a rival firm because there was nothing special about it.
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System has kept its AAA credit rating for the pension fund’s credit enhancement program from Fitch Ratings, while the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has achieved AA+.
After leaving BlackRock last month as its head of exchange traded fund research, Deborah Fuhr is reportedly joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML).
In its latest research report, Partners Group, a global private markets asset manager with US offices in New York and San Francisco, says says a more differentiated and adapted investment approach is required, calling for a new classification into debtor economies, dependent on external financing, and creditor countries, with healthy balance sheets comprising economies in the Asia/Pacific, Latin America and core Europe regions.
Jeremy Grantham of Boston-based Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. (GMO) has asserted that farmland and forestry will outperform the average of all global assets long-term.
