Alternatives Provide No Alternative to Public Equities
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CalSTRS Sues Massey Energy
The California State Teachers’ Retirement System has joined forces
with Amalgamated Bank and Manville Trust to file a lawsuit against
Massey Energy for alleged safety misconduct.
China’s Pension Head Offers Glimmers of Hope, Lifts Euro
The head of China's $114 billion national pension fund said Thursday
that the euro will survive the sovereign debt crisis.
OPINION: If Investment Requires Diversity, Diversity First Requires Investment, from The Trade
Chris Hall, editor of The Trade, examines diversification for asset management firms.
OPINION: Alternatives to Greater Losses, from SI Global
Jag Alexeyev, head of global research and senior managing director at Strategic Insight, explores the future of alternatives through mutual funds.
Florida Pension Dives Into HFs and Infrastructure
The $109.5 billion Tallahassee-based public pension aims to increase
its exposure to alternative investments.
Pension Fund Deficits Increase in May
According to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), the collective
deficit of the UK's private sector final-salary pension schemes worsened
by more than £40 billion in May.
Asset Owners Considering Climate Change Investment Policies Double
A new report reveals
twice as many investors are asking stock and bond managers about their
global-warming policies as two years earlier, but integration of these
policies into investment mandates has failed to take off.
Survey: Pensions Move Toward Riskier Assets
A trend has emerged as pension
funds
shift away from equities and invest in riskier assets by diversifying
into alternatives, with infrastructure leading the way.
Passive and Fixed-Income Trump Active for UK Pensions
A new FTfm survey finds that passive and fixed-income investment
managers are on the rise in the institutional investment space, with
Legal & General Investment Management and Barclays Global Investors,
now subsumed by BlackRock, taking the lead.
BP Execs Assure Pensions That Firm Will Meet Obligations, Fail to Guarantee Dividends
BP's Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg and Group Chief
Executive Tony Hayward issued a statement saying they will meet
obligations to institutional investors, including
pension
schemes, but are unable to guarantee dividend
payments.
Corporate Funding Ratio Falls in May to 82%
The May meltdown, which hurt both US and international stocks,
reduced the value of the typical pension plan's assets by 4.8%.
Bad News for Public Pension Funds and Taxpayers
The Government Accounting Standards
Board will be releasing a preliminary views document later this month
that may shock public pension systems and the taxpayers who fund them.
PE Fund Investors Still Seeking the ‘Holy Grail’
Limited partners and general partners are still seeking a
perfect alignment of interests.
After Huge Losses in RE, CalSTRS Revises Allocation
The West Sacramento-based fund would increase its core investments
while decreasing tactical investment in real estate.