February 7, 2013
The $120 billion retirement system has allocated $450
million to event-driven Fir Tree and quantitative specialist Cantab Capital
Partners.
February 7, 2013
Debt funds are being featured more prominently in the private real estate industry, data firm Preqin has claimed.
February 7, 2013
The University of California can no longer keep secret the performance of its high-profile venture capital investments, a judge has ruled.
February 7, 2013
The Netherlands' largest pension fund has settled its lawsuit against a Deutsche Bank unit over mortgage-backed securities for an undisclosed sum.
February 7, 2013
Short-termism is no investor’s friend so pension funds have created guidelines to avoid it - in executive pay at least.
February 7, 2013
Who is willing to put investors’ interests before their own? Not enough people in finance, in one leading academic’s view.
February 6, 2013
Institutional investors are pushing for Russell 1000 Index organizations to add women to board positions.
February 6, 2013
Asset classes are the primary elements of a portfolio, but a factor-based investment approach has an array of benefits, Callan Associates says.
February 6, 2013
Stock market investing is risky, but investors are greatly overestimating the reward they receive for doing it, research has found.
February 6, 2013
The state of Kentucky has been downgraded by S&P and Moody's, spurring calls for reform to its vastly underfunded pension system.
February 5, 2013
Despite higher contributions, locally-run pension plans are slightly less funded than their state-run peers, according to research from Boston College.
February 5, 2013
The hands-off regulatory approach of endowment management has generally been a win for the industry, but additional scrutiny might be in its best interest, a research paper claims.
February 5, 2013
Political heavyweights join the hunt for redress against rating agencies’ actions.
February 4, 2013
The second-biggest public pension in the US needs a $4.5 billion yearly boost in annual payments, an internal report found.
February 4, 2013
Hedge fund strategies sorted by performance—from 2000’s blockbuster Convertible Arbitrage to 2012’s top performer, Distressed Securities—courtesy of Boomerang Capital.