Risk
Falling US treasury rates, flat equity
markets, and increasing liabilities in 2014’s first quarter signal pain for US corporate pensions.
Newsmakers
Pensions are selling out of equities before markets have had time to recover the quarter’s losses.
Newsmakers
The trend for investors opening regional offices continues.
Risk
Private equity advisor and fund of funds firm Altius has claimed research proves that co-investment deals are likely to produce poor returns.
Regulation
The city’s art collection would be saved under the proposal, but pensioners face benefit cuts of between 6% and 26%.