A study by The Conference Board shows that by the end of 2009, institutional investors -- including pension funds, insurance companies, savings institutions, and foundations -- had registered substantial gains in 2009, rebounding to pre-crisis levels.
Investment consultants at Mercer, Rocaton, and Towers Watson share their views with aiCIO readers on the short and long-term impacts of the Federal Reserve’s second bout of bond purchases (QE2) for US pension funds and for the economy as a whole.
Loren Fox, senior research analyst at Strategic Insight, says the Fed's attempt to use quantitative easing to boost the US economy will exacerbate concerns regarding bond mutual fund investors.
aiCIO Editor-in-Chief Kip McDaniel speaks with Bob Prince, co-CIO of Bridgewater Associates, and Bryan Belton and Eddie Qian of PanAgora on the Federal Reserve's second round of Quantitative Easing (QE2).
The country’s largest public pension fund has said it will pour $500 million into 'green' companies, focusing on “top performers that have improved share value and also done good for the environment.”
The £30 billion universities pension fund aims to up its exposure to short-term computer-driven hedge funds that try to profit from volatility by betting on turbulent market moves.
A recent survey by Alpha Search Advisory Partners has revealed that while hedge funds are reworking policies to lure money from institutional investors, change to the pay structure of marketing executives at hedge funds has been slow.
A survey by one of the country’s biggest pension advisory firms has revealed that time-pressured trustees are unable to spend sufficient time on investment decisions.
In the same week that the Canadian government blocked the hostile takeover bid for Potash Corporation by the Anglo-Australian mining group BHP Billiton, two of Canada's largest pension funds have won a 30-year deal to operate a rail route linking the Channel Tunnel with central London.
