Newsmakers
January 9, 2013
For Asian fund managers, pensions will be their most profitable institutional business in 2015, research by Cerulli Associates has found.
Risk
January 9, 2013
In regions of China with weak
legal systems, institutional shareholders and mutual funds ward against financial fraud, new
research says.
Newsmakers
January 9, 2013
Pride comes before a fall, they say – it seems especially true for fund managers.
Regulation
January 9, 2013
Banks have more breathing space for their capital buffers and an unloved security could find new favour as a result.
Risk
January 8, 2013
The world's largest asset owners, ranked by their ability to manage climate risk and capitalize on it.
Newsmakers
January 8, 2013
The bottom line is that there needs to be more communication between the university CEO and the endowment CIO of a school, according to an academic paper by Caroline Hoxby of Stanford University.
Newsmakers
January 8, 2013
The overall pension funding deficit for all of 2012 increased by $74 billion from the previous year for the top 100 defined benefit pensions in the US, according to a study by investment consultant Milliman.
Risk
January 8, 2013
Corporate pensions were badly burned in securities lending during the financial crisis, and are insisting on custom risk-management going forward.
Risk
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.
Newsmakers
January 7, 2013
Institutions tend to overweight home-country private equity investments, and make poorer returns on them than other asset classes, according to new research.
Asset Allocation
January 7, 2013
How will hedge funds fare in 2013?
Asset Allocation
January 7, 2013
Double-digit equity returns helped Canadian pensions improve their solvency ratios last year.
Regulation
January 6, 2013
State legislators are locked in last minute negotiations to reform the impoverished pension system before the end of the legislative session.
Asset Allocation
January 4, 2013
The giant fund took a beating on overseas equity however, and posted flat returns for the year.
Risk
January 4, 2013
New York's public pension fund has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. in an attempt to unearth political-giving records.