Insurance Companies Continue to Decrease Hedge Fund Exposures
A.M. Best: Insurance industry's investment allocations to hedge funds declined approximately 28% in 2016.
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Mercer: S&P 1500 Aggregate Funding Remains Level
At 83% funded, May levels on par with rest of 2017, but down from 2016.
IMF Urges Millennials to Prepare for ‘Pension Shock’
Young workers will have to work longer and save more than previous generations.
SOA: 2021 Smoothing Stoppage Calls for Forward-Thinking Initiatives
Although smoothing rates suggest single-employer pension plans have been fine, future restrictions could cause issues.
UK Pension Fraud, Error Declines Slightly
The rate of overpayments, underpayments on pension credit edges lower from last year.
Wilshire Consulting: Corporate Pensions Drop Slightly in May, Maintain 6% YTD Increase
The global advisory company points to an increase in liability values to explain May’s -0.2% fall.
Louisiana Pension Influence Growing
Survey finds state pensions pay more than $4 billion in benefits to 164,000 retirees every year.
EY: Power & Utilities Sector M&A Interest at 7-Year High
89% of survey respondents expect their deal pipelines to either stay steady or rise in the next 12 months.
NCPERS Study Highlights Economic Costs of Doing Away with DB Plans
Criticism of public pensions is based on faulty logic, group says.
Ten-X Sees Some Markets Bucking Retail Downturn Trend
Texas, Florida cities seen as best markets for retail property investors.
Increased Pension Funding Comes at Expense of Higher Education
Report says pension cost increases tied to education cuts, calls for states to reprioritize pension reform.
Giliberto-Levy: Uneven 1Q for Private Commercial Mortgage Loans
Significant variances based on loan maturity, report says.
Gap Between Rich, Poor Multiemployer Plans Widens
Report finds that healthy plans funding has risen, while critical plans have not.
Women, Minorities Run Tiny Fraction of Global Assets, Knight Foundation Study Finds
Groups represent just 1.1% of the trillions of dollars overseen by the global asset management industry, report says.
Contrarians Claim US Government is Under-Reporting Inflation
Groups believe that Consumer Price Index-based inflation is actually closer to 8%, not 3%.