Australian Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson has voiced disapproval of a sovereign wealth fund for the country following strong support for such a fund from resource-rich Western Australia.
The application of risk-based strategies for capturing lower volatility may be viewed as more appropriate for a long-term investment strategy than for short-term risk reduction, according to a MSCI whitepaper.
Investment firms must do a better job of being both 'asset gatherers' and 'investors' to build and sustain a business, according to Janie Kass of Margolis Advisory Group.
A prominent European risk and liability management specialist has left one of the market-leading firms to launch his own venture in the investment sector.
Once again, underfunded liabilities is the most important risk factor facing US corporate defined benefit plans, according to the 2012 MetLife US Pension Risk Behavior Index survey.