January 29, 2013
A report by Aperio Group finds that the risk among endowments to divest from coal and major carbon producing industries can be negligible.
January 24, 2013
Think you know which countries could be hit with the largest pension bill? You don’t.
January 24, 2013
US corporate pension funds are not dragging their feet in pursuit of target dates, NEPC research shows.
January 21, 2013
Rothesay Life, Goldman Sachs’ UK insurance arm, has struck its first deal of the year, agreeing to insure £115 million of the Vestey Group’s retirement liabilities.
January 16, 2013
Massive annuity purchases like GM and Verizon’s are about as sexy as the corporate pension world gets, but according to NISA research, there are better ways to impress a ratings agency.
January 11, 2013
Private equity owners funds' poor performance on environmental, social and governance can squander deals, a study has shown.
January 11, 2013
Gulf Arab markets are notoriously secretive and closed to foreign investors, but one academic paper aims to unearth conclusions about the area's appeal.
January 9, 2013
In regions of China with weak
legal systems, institutional shareholders and mutual funds ward against financial fraud, new
research says.
January 8, 2013
The world's largest asset owners, ranked by their ability to manage climate risk and capitalize on it.
January 8, 2013
Corporate pensions were badly burned in securities lending during the financial crisis, and are insisting on custom risk-management going forward.
January 8, 2013
The Eurozone and US fiscal cliff have preoccupied investors in recent months, but a slow-down in China could be around the corner – and it could hurt.
January 4, 2013
New York's public pension fund has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. in an attempt to unearth political-giving records.
December 14, 2012
Risk parity is finding favour across the pond.
December 13, 2012
The year’s largest deal in the UK adds to the meagre 2012 risk transfer tally, but shows there is still life in the sector.
December 10, 2012
We know “high risk” does not always equal “high return”, but where have risk-aware investors been the best compensated in 2012?