Manager Selection
July 19, 2013
Historical returns hold little wisdom for future fixed income markets, a Goldman Sachs Asset Management specialist argues.
Newsmakers
July 19, 2013
Another member of the original GARS team has left the fund.
Regulation
July 19, 2013
Preqin research finds 78% of hedge fund managers are still not compliant with forthcoming AIFMD regulations.
Asset Allocation
July 18, 2013
The infrastructure investment market hasn’t truly globalized, according to Preqin data, which shows managers and deals have clustered in the developed world.
Asset Allocation
July 18, 2013
What a difference three months makes—risk parity’s wobble has deposed the strategy’s winning long-term risk-adjusted return.
Manager Selection
July 18, 2013
Fund managers are increasingly snapping up insurance assets as insurers seek diversification.
Newsmakers
July 17, 2013
Pension Insurance Corporation urges the government to consider three key plans to make infrastructure more attractive to institutions.
Asset Allocation
July 17, 2013
The souring investor sentiment against China continues, with 65% of investors believing its economy will weaken, according to new research.
Asset Allocation
July 17, 2013
Size matters when choosing a hedge fund, and bigger isn’t always better.
Newsmakers
July 16, 2013
Marie Berggen has retired after seven years as the $80 billion fund’s first CIO.
Asset Allocation
July 16, 2013
An influx of smart beta indices hits the markets, but institutional investors remain hesitant to commit cash.
Newsmakers
July 16, 2013
Dhivya Suryadevara, who was instrumental in GM’s $26 billion pension risk transfer to Prudential, has taken over the top investment position.
Asset Allocation
July 16, 2013
Institutional CIOs should recognise the benefits of infrastructure debt, and embrace construction risk as a welcome diversifier for their portfolios, finds EDHEC’s white paper.
Newsmakers
July 15, 2013
David Villa, CIO of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, joins other global investors in the incipient group.
Manager Selection
July 15, 2013
The era of Excel and the Brinson-Fachler formula is over, the heads of Alberta’s sovereign wealth fund stressed in a white paper.