Despite a recent report that shows pension funds
deceased their
commitments to
private equity by 94% last year, the pension
protection fund (PPF) has earmarked up to a quarter of assets to
alternatives.
The
division -- established in 2009 and touted as a best-in-class investment
structure for the world's largest pension funds -- severely
underperformed its internal benchmark this past year.
A new survey from Aon Consulting outlines the most pressing
issues facing defined benefit plan sponsors in the US, Canada and the UK
over the next three years.
After only seeing a 4%
decline in endowment assets during the Great Recession, Oxford endowment head
Sandra Robertson speaks out against the often-emulated Yale Model of
investment.
Sources say the San Diego Country Employees Retirement Association is leveraging its fixed-income portfolio to create 'risk parity', continuing a trend among pension funds.
Hedge funds and private equity firms face profit crunch, EU states still split on regulations in Europe, aimed at enforcing restrictions on the industry.
