No longer are institutional investors willing to pay the generous fees private equity managers have traditional charged, according to a survey by financial data firm PEI.
Internal emails from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have emerged that could pose tricky questions for the Treasury Department over its involvement in the decision to terminate Delphi Corp.’s non-union pension plan in 2009.
With bond yields in the low-single digits and equity markets volatile, Blackstone's President and CEO Tony James argues that its time for plan sponsors to aggressively pursue alternative assets.
In the wake of General Motors’ $29 billion purchase of a group annuity from Prudential, Moody’s Investors Service has predicted that five other big players will follow suit.
A proposal to create universal retirement accounts in the US could have huge effects on the investment consulting and asset management businesses—but the devil is in the details.