As investors continue to allocate new capital to hedge funds despite volatile markets, new data from Hedge Fund Research -- which tracks asset flows and performance figures -- has shown that global hedge-fund assets rose to a record $2.04 trillion by the end of the second quarter.
The Reserve Bank of India has objected to a plan to create India’s first sovereign wealth fund by carving out billions from the country’s foreign exchange reserves.
New York City’s five pension plans are considering a move to consolidate their investments in private equity by unloading a $2 billion portfolio of buyout funds.
Korea Investment Corp. CEO Choi Chong-suk said the sovereign wealth fund must take advantage of favorable market conditions to increase strategic and alternative investments.
Six infrastructure funds totaling $2.8 billion closed during the second quarter, according to a Preqin study; indications suggest that an increasing number of funds will be closing during the end of 2011 and into 2012.
Doctors have claimed that councils in England are profiting from deaths through smoking by investing tens of millions of pounds of their pensions in tobacco firms.
Research released by the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) reveals that the rapidly changing regulatory environment within Latin America is enabling greater institutional investment in private equity.
Amid negative economic news, institutional investment managers surveyed by Northern Trust solidified a trend toward risk aversion in the second quarter of 2011.
A growing number of UK pension plans have expressed concern over the increasing longevity of plan members, according to MetLife’s Pension Risk Behaviour Index Study.
The chairman of Dutch pension fund manager Algemene Pensioen Group wants to lessen regulations that have prevented the firm from reclaiming Dutch pension assets whose management has fallen into foreign hands, the Financial Times has reported.
The five endowment funds of the University of Texas -- which total more than $20 billion -- have enjoyed returns of about 20% for the 12 months ended June 30.
United Continental Holdings Inc., the parent of United Airlines, is set to begin making its first payment to the PBGC, repaying up to $500 million in eight equal installments of $62.5 million.
According to Deputy Mayor Robert Steel, New York City should put more cash into international equities and fixed income, inflation-protected bonds, commodities, currencies, and real estate to improve returns.
