Asset Allocation
Why Bond Prices, Shellacked Lately, Are Finally Turning Around
Stocks have fallen so much that fixed income seems to be resuming its status as a safe haven, analysts contend.
News
Newsmakers
Experts Debate Whether or Not a Recession in Europe Is Imminent at World Economic Forum
Data so far remains optimistic, but supply chain factors worry some.
Asset Allocation
De-Risking Moves More Corporate Plans Into Passive Strategies
Fees come down thanks to the shift, says a new study.
Newsmakers
Willis Towers Watson, State Street Join AlphaNasdaq OCIO Indices
The two asset managers bring the total number of providers in the collection to 46.
Newsmakers
PBGC Approves Bailouts for Five More Multiemployer Plans in May
The agency has now approved more than $6.2 billion in special financial assistance funds to cover nearly 120,000 participants.
Newsmakers
CPPIB Reports 6.8% Net Returns
The fund also highlighted some of its largest individual investments over the past fiscal year.
Asset Allocation
Asset Allocators Want to Boost Their Stakes in EM Debt, Says Vontobel
Some 60% of U.S. institutional investors aim to up their exposure over the next two years, per a study.
Manager Selection
Elizabeth Burton to Step Down as CIO of Hawaii ERS
After more than three years leading the $22.5 billion investment portfolio, Burton is leaving due to personal and family considerations.
Risk
Is the Market Slide’s End Near? Maybe So, Says BofA
Large departures of money from retail funds could mark capitulation, per the bank’s chief strategist.
Asset Allocation
MIT Investment Arm Reflects on Allocation Strategy
Fifteen years on, MITIMCo’s unique investment model highlights changes underway in endowment investing.
Manager Selection
Ex-LACERA Chief Kushner Named as CIO of Austin Fund
The Texas city’s retirement plan has been chronically under-funded.
Newsmakers
Allianz Global Investors to Repay Over $5 Billion for Securities Fraud
The strategy was sold to approximately 114 institutional investors.
Manager Selection
Shoaib Khan Appointed as CIO and Permanent Director of New Jersey’s Division of Investments
He is the first CIO to be hired after New Jersey scrapped its CIO salary cap law.
Newsmakers
Firm Charged With Defrauding Disabled People Using Fake Trusts
The SEC alleges that Synergy Settlement Services used funds from deceased beneficiaries’ accounts for golf tournaments and beach parties.