Risk
UK Pension Lifeboat to Protect Thomas Cook Pension
Plan participants will likely see reduced benefits after the 178-year-old travel firm collapse
News Archive: Oct - 2019
How Impeachment Could Hurt the Stock Market
Wall Street believes that investors care only about the economy, which still seems pretty good, not politics. What if they intersect?
Asset Allocation
Ray Dalio Calls China the Quiet Winner in Conflict with US
The billionaire investment impresario sees the US as a weak force in the escalating battle.
Newsmakers
Yale, Stanford, Brown Endowments Return 5.7%, 6.5% 12.4%
Brown outperforms bigger endowments to reach record asset value.
SEC Charges Three in Alleged $125 Million Fraud
Managers allegedly lied to investors, used funds to support ‘luxurious lifestyle.’
Newsmakers
Harvard, Penn Endowments Return 6.5% Each, Duke Returns 6.9%
Endowments facing ‘economic headwinds’ in 2019.
News
Los Angeles Lays Out Tentative Strategy for First-Time Real Assets Portfolio
Pension picks up infrastructure for the first time, and forms a new inaugural ‘real assets’ strategy.
Public Plans’ Funding Improves Slightly, But Not Asset Growth
Funded level was 73% in fiscal 2018, helped by lower liability increases.
Tips on Searching for the Best OCIO in a Growing Market
RFPs, shortlists and when to hire a search firm.
Research
Trade Wars Taking Toll on Global Growth
OECD blames dimming economic outlook on trade tensions, policy uncertainty.
Asset Allocation
North Carolina Endowment Grows to $1.4 Billion
Monetary policy and trade among the organization’s top market concerns.
Risk
France’s ERAFP Completes Tobacco Divestment
$36.1 billion pension complies with Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge.
Asset Allocation
Washington State Investment Board Posts 8.36% Return
The top-tier returns beat other pension plans, boosted by the pension’s plan large commitments to private markets.