May 2, 2016
Current performance attribution models can be improved by holding individuals accountable, explains AlphaEngine’s Arun Muralidhar.
April 26, 2016
Dealing with funding shortfalls will require greater risks, but many pension professionals are worried their funds don’t have the knowledge base needed.
April 18, 2016
A State Street survey of sovereign wealth funds and public pensions finds technology and data capabilities lacking.
April 13, 2016
David Swensen demonstrates how managers have—and haven’t—engaged with his team’s efforts to address greenhouse gas exposure.
April 12, 2016
There is no such thing as a “normal” distribution when it comes to market price movements, the asset manager claims.
April 4, 2016
The insurer expands its American pension-risk transfer business with a $65 million deal with the Diocese of Palm Beach.
March 31, 2016
While managers and asset owners slowly come around to the idea of ESG investing, investment consultants are the laggards, according to the UN.
March 30, 2016
Return chasing is rampant among US pensions, endowments, and insurers, the International Monetary Fund has found.
March 29, 2016
Elected officials, politician-appointed trustees, and their low financial expertise exhibited poor returns in private equity, research has found.
March 24, 2016
The medically underwritten transaction is the biggest of its type in the UK to date.
March 23, 2016
“We can’t all tilt one way,” the AQR founder explained at an FEG investing conference.
March 17, 2016
Moody’s predicts the unfunded liabilities of American public plans will increase by at least 10% in 2016.
March 17, 2016
Minimizing risk exposures during periods of market volatility can result in “substantial” alpha and doubled Sharpe ratios, according to Yale professors.
March 16, 2016
Understaffing, inadequate technology, and risk management issues are among the problems being tackled by New York City’s Bureau of Asset Management.
March 15, 2016
Reducing emissions won’t be easy on equity-heavy investors like CalSTRS—but it’s still better than the alternative, Mercer reports.