Alternative investments are all the rage among university endowments, and an academic paper aims to understand the factors at play motivating this shift.
The floodgates have opened in the investing consulting world, as a report by the Diligence Review Corporation questions the validity of advice among investment consultants in the US.
Massive annuity purchases like GM and Verizon’s are about as sexy as the corporate pension world gets, but according to NISA research, there are better ways to impress a ratings agency.
The vast majority of institutional managers also predict Congress will raise in the US debt ceiling and that domestic housing market will pick up, according to a survey by Northern Trust.
Pension fund heads around the country have chosen to divest from gun-related holdings in the wake of the Connecticut shootings, and Chicago Mayor Emmanuel is no exception.