A new ranking of ESG-conscious asset owners hails CalPERS, two large Dutch pensions, Norway’s sovereign fund—and a comparatively tiny British investor.

January 5, 2016

Another Distressed Debt Fund Goes Under

Mass redemptions from liquid alts clients have pushed Lutetium to unwind and close its doors.

January 5, 2016

‘Majority’ of Dutch Pensions Breach Solvency Levels

Funds have less than four months to finalize deficit recovery plans.

January 4, 2016

Capturing the January to Halloween Premia—on the Cheap

Trend-following strategies can be a cost-efficient means of capitalizing on seasonal market movements, a leading quant argues.

January 4, 2016

Blackstone Fortune Teller Sees a Clinton Win, Equities Loss

Byron Wien, vice-chair of multi-asset investing, paints a grim year ahead (for US investors, at least).

January 4, 2016

Hedge Fund Flows Collapse in 2015

Demand for credit strategies “evaporated” in the second half the year—but asset owners are still forecast to put new money to work in the sector.

January 4, 2016

Value, Size… & Groupthink?

Executive teams’ résumés link dramatically to stock performance, even more so than momentum, market cap, and book-to-market ratio.

January 3, 2016

Hedge Fund Herding, and How to End It

Too much focus on outperforming peers is causing misalignment between hedge funds and investors, argues Novus Partners.

January 3, 2016

Morningstar: Smart Beta Is Active Management

Investors should determine smart beta’s source of outperformance, how long the source persists, and how to implement the beta, a columnist has argued.

December 29, 2015

Fear Not the Bubble, Academic Says

Market values crashed only one out of ten times following a major boom over the last 115 years, research has found.