Institutional investors globally are eager to diversify and generate excess return, and alternative investments are consequently growing in popularity, a study by Russell Investments shows.
The pension and benefit obligations of states outstripped plan assets by a startling $1.38 trillion in fiscal 2010, a study by the Pew Center on the States has found.
A report from consultancy Towers Watson illustrates how asset owners who are more inclined to fire underperforming managers would be better off riding it out.
Amid increasing inflation and higher commodity prices, developed nations will likely seek to lower their debt levels by favoring Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, according to Pacific Investment Management Co.'s Mihir Worah.
Sean Foley, a senior vice president for investments overseeing AT&T’s pension plan, has resigned and Bill Hammond, an AT&T veteran, has taken his place.
An appreciation of how hedge fund strategies can work within core portfolios could mean up to $3 trillion flowing into the sector over the next five years.
The Kuwait Investment Authority and Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund are slated to become cornerstone investors for the planned $2 billion listing of IHH Healthcare Bhd., the Wall Street Journal has reported.
As investors find themselves questioning whether equities and bonds will deliver absolute and/or risk-adjusted returns that meet expectations, they are increasingly searching out "real assets" as alternatives, a whitepaper by JP Morgan concludes.
