Report: Little Portfolio Risk in Dropping Fossil Fuel Holdings
A report by Aperio Group finds that the risk among endowments to divest from coal and major carbon producing industries can be negligible.
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Bestinvest: The Worst Performing Investment Funds
It’s a race to the bottom on the UK advisory’s controversial list, which ranks funds by underperformance over the last three years.
Assets at Altitude: Which Investors Went to Davos?
Institutional investors might hold the key to solving the world’s financial problems, but how many of them were in Davos?
Biggest Asset Managers Losing Market Share, Survey Shows
Full-service shops are holding less appeal as institutional investors increasingly seek out specialty managers, according to the results of survey from Cogent Research.
CalPERS Unveils ESG Study, Research Competition
The relationship between sustainability factors and financial performance is a never-ending debate--and CalPERS will soon be fueling it.
PIMCO to Pensions: Get Real on Liabilities
Investors need greater disclosure along with more aggressive and realistic strategies for addressing rising pension liabilities sooner rather than later, PIMCO's Christian Stracke says.
UK Pension Update: Record Fund Closures, More Contributions
The death knell for defined benefit pensions has long been tolling in the UK, and now it looks as if the chimes are speeding up.
With Volatility Comes LDI, Risk Transfers
Cutwater Asset Management's second annual survey of over 100 corporate defined benefit pension plans across the United States shows that LDI implementation is transitioning from discussion to action.
Irish Pension Harboring Concerns Over ‘Quality of Governance’ at State Street
State Street's future as a passive manager for Ireland’s National Pensions Reserve Fund is still up in the air, the fund's former investment chief John Corrigan told a parliamentary committee.
Oregon State Treasury Needs More Staff, Audit Says
Auditors recommend structural and staffing changes at Oregon's Treasury investment division.
Dr. Doom in Davos: Eurozone Health ‘Less Worse’ Than Last Year
Cautious optimism for Europe and the US economies, criticism of US politics, and sparring over financial regulation are themes emerging at the on-going World Economic Forum.
To Rebalance, or Not to Rebalance?
Just because your portfolio allocation is out of kilter, think twice before demanding a shake-up.
Exchange-Traded Trillions
Record inflows in 2012 have pushed assets in exchange-traded products to their highest ever level.
'Frontier Investors' Push Back Against Asset Management Norms
Frontier investors--located in cities outside of the major international financial centers--are re-taking responsibility of the end-to-end management of their assets, according to two university professors.
Investors Shying Away From Securities Fraud Class Actions
The number of new federal securities fraud lawsuits seeking class-action status has fallen to a 6-year low in 2012, a study by Stanford Law School and Cornerstone Research has shown.