Au Naturelle: Nomura’s Alternative to Risk Parity
Natural weighting is the new smart beta formula, according to Nomura.
News
Quebec's Caisse Reappoints Sabia as CEO
Another term at the top for the leader of Canada’s largest asset pools.
Ontario Teachers’ Pushes for Three-Woman Minimum on Boards
The pension fund has proposed a plan to increase the number of women senior executives on TSX-listed companies’ boards.
The Middle Ground Between DB and DC
A study found hybrid retirement plans could provide adequate benefits to participants (if they tripled their savings rate) and reduce costs and risks for plan sponsors.
Pension Funds Hospital Construction in Public-Private Partnership
The Danish scheme is on the lookout for further infrastructure deals, as well.
Pooled Fund Fees Under Pressure
More than a third of European institutional asset managers expect to cut fees in pooled fund vehicles during the next two years.
US Treasury Sees 'Systemic Risk' from Asset Managers
Leverage and herding behavior could pose serious risks to broader financial security, the US Treasury Department has warned.
NZ Super’s Orr Joins KIA to Lead SWF Group
Adrian Orr has been elected as deputy chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds, whose members include ADIA, the Future Fund, and CIC.
Rising to the Challenge of Tricky Bond Markets
Investors lean towards greater risk management and a possible broadening of bond allocations in the future, according to a survey.
Iran Appoints New SWF Head
President Rouhani brings in a former economic minister to lead Iran’s sovereign wealth fund.
How Emerging Markets Can Get their Groove Back
It’s a long, well-trodden road, but structural reform the only way, according to the IMF.
Graphic: Corporate Pension Deficits, by Firm and Region
The US, UK, or continental Europe? Whose listed companies are on the biggest hook?
Many SWFs Still Bound to Politics, Study Finds
GeoEconomica found that only a third of 26 sovereign wealth funds of the Santiago Principles’ signatories passed the test of good governance, transparency, and accountability.
Babies: the Answer to Ireland’s Pension Problems
Oh Danny Boy, Irish pensions need you so.
Inflation Assumptions Under the Spotlight
Getting estimates of inflation wrong can have disastrous effects on your deficit levels, but which pension funds were most off target in the last decade?