US Insurers to Embrace Investment Risk, Seek Variety of Fixed, Private, Alternative Investments
American insurers are willing to embrace risk in order to combat perceived market volatility in 2024, according to Conning.
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How Should ESG Backers Deal With Fossil Fuel Users?
A panel of sustainability supporters outlined strategies to get carbon emitters to change.
Why Battered Biotech May Be Turning Around
This cyclical sector has suffered, post-pandemic, but signs of a recovery are appearing.
BofA Still Positive About 4Q 2023, as Other EPS Estimates Deflate
The pessimistic takes come after the third quarter’s rebound from the earnings recession.
Vexing Gap Persists on Rates: Investors vs. Fed Officials
Futures market expects deeper cuts ahead than the central bank bunch projects.
Markowitz Redux: Updating Modern Portfolio Theory
Two academics create a new measure to divine a security’s price after a certain holding period.
10 Predictions for 2024, in Memory of Byron Wien
JPM’s Cembalest gives prophecy a try in a tribute to the late market sage.
Will AI Compromise Security for Institutional Investors?
Integrating artificial intelligence is all the rage, but organizations must consider what vulnerabilities it might expose and how they can plug them.
Research Report: Pension Bailouts Lead to Risky Behavior
According to the paper, the American Rescue Plan Act is a near-term plug but does not fix long-term insolvency problems.
Pension Risk Transfer Contracts Hit Record Numbers in 3Q
Dollar volume lagged, but that may be a sign of smaller plans’ increased use of PRTs.
Possible IPO Stars for 2024: Private Equity Firms
Amid encouraging market performances of other public buyout companies, expect a spate of PE operators to go public, says PitchBook.
Slammed Office Sector Won’t Show Revenue Growth Until 2025, Researchers Say
Even then, the increases will be small, a Green Street analysis concludes.
What If Inflation Is Stuck at 3%, Derailing Fed Reductions?
The central bank wants the price index growth to ratchet down to 2%.
The Bear POV: Amid All the Good Feelings, What Could Go Wrong?
The S&P 500 is nearing its peak, but here is the case made by several prominent Wall Street seers for why things can go awry.
AP7 Adds 2 Chinese Firms to Blacklist Over Large-Scale Coal Production
Three companies were removed from the list, which now totals 106 excluded companies.