Newsmakers
December 19, 2014
The Ministry of Finance has passed oversight for the SWF’s responsible investing to Norges Bank and a five-strong ethics council.
Risk
December 18, 2014
Investors
could reap diversification benefits and higher returns from various asset
classes by combining different factors, the firm has said.
Newsmakers
December 18, 2014
A backward-looking, statistical view of risk where volatility dominates does not serve us well, writes former Schroders CIO Alan Brown.
Asset Allocation
December 17, 2014
Not
only are high-frequency traders not trading as fast as expected, they only
impact a fraction of the market, according to Abel/Noser.
Newsmakers
December 17, 2014
As institutions slash active mandates, managers on both sides of the active versus passive argument rejoice.
Newsmakers
December 17, 2014
Delegates at a pensions conference turn up the heat on the regulators.
Asset Allocation
December 17, 2014
Short-term uncertainties in the commodity markets have led fund managers to build up some dry powder.
Regulation
December 17, 2014
A bill to be scrutinised by the Californian senate in January could lead to forced divestments for the state’s biggest investors.
Newsmakers
December 17, 2014
With the firm in flux, a director in Russell’s UK pension solutions group is now on gardening leave.
Newsmakers
December 16, 2014
Is complexity overrated? Is risk parity working? CIO asks if pensions might have been better off sticking with the old ways.
Newsmakers
December 16, 2014
Investment banks are taking on new roles to pick up pension clients—including baking cookies.
Newsmakers
December 15, 2014
Instead of paying trading costs later on, inexperienced investors could be better off with larger initial allocations to alternatives, according to academics.
Newsmakers
December 15, 2014
The pension chief at Manor, Switzerland’s largest department store, wants better yields on his investments—and is tearing up the Swiss rulebook to find them.
Newsmakers
December 15, 2014
CIO ’s European Editor ponders unintended consequences—for journalists, CIOs, and bond kings—as 2014 draws to a close.
Risk
December 15, 2014
Despite a growing need for asset-liability matching strategies, product providers have not offered enough new thinking.