PIMCO: DC Consultants Turning on Custom Target-Date Funds
Is going custom ever worth it? Top DC consultants’ opinions are divided down the middle, according to PIMCO survey results.
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Towers Watson: Smart Beta and the Long-Term Investor
Smart beta can offer an edge for long-term investors over equities via three primary premiums, the firm claims.
Satisfaction Levels Keep Improving for ETFs
Watch out, active managers, investors still love ETFs – and they want more of them.
Verizon Retirees Given Green Light for Risk Transfer Class Action
Both the 41,000 members whose pensions were annuitized by Prudential and those whose weren't will be allowed to sue Verizon as a class, a judge has ruled.
Pension Org Investment Chief Swaps Day Job
It’s all change at the top of two large, corporate pension funds.
Public Fund CIO Pleads Guilty in Insider Trading Scheme
John Johnson has pleaded guilty to three counts of securities fraud predating his tenure at Wyoming’s pension fund. Each carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Abu Dhabi Hauls Citi Back to Court over Bailout Claim
One of the world’s largest SWFs is not letting its $4 billion claim against Citi go easily.
Forget Cyprus, the EU is About to Go Broke
Last year’s bills are not paid, and this year’s are mounting in Brussels.
Risk-Factor Modeling Your Private Equity Portfolio
Three researchers use risk factors to optimize private equity portfolios, and then wonder, “Why hasn’t this been done before?”
BlackRock Shutters Direct PE Unit After Less Than Two Years
Three top buyout specialists will leave the firm, having been hired in 2011 to staff the new program.
Going, Going, Gone? The Downward Forces on Emerging Market Yields
Real yields across emerging and developed markets are converging, and there’s more at play than QE, Investec warns.
Insurance CIO to Lead BlackRock in EMEA
A Swiss national has been appointed to lead the US-based firm in Europe and beyond.
Pensions Regulator Chief Quits for Industry Job
One of the UK’s largest pension funds has netted the CEO of the sector’s regulator.
GSAM Chair: Russia Shouldn’t Let a Crisis Go to Waste
The Cyprus crisis may be a great opportunity for Russia to revamp its image to investors, according to the head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
How Hedge Funds Will Have to Change to Survive
Institutional investors have spoken – the time to change is now.