Hedge fund fees are getting a makeover as consultants urge for fund managers to be compensated for their skill and not just for delivering market returns.
Australia's superannuation funds have moved away from active management toward cheaper access asset classes such as equities amid limited diversification, according to a paper by Round Tower Solutions.
The capital asset pricing model and the efficient market hypothesis reflects the death of investor common sense, claims the 300 Club, noting that such theories contributed to the 2008 financial collapse.
Last year was disappointing for active equity managers and as an overall climate of risk aversion persists, many of the early indicators of a risk recovery are emerging, Wellington concludes.
A recent article by Fortune Magazine attacks CalPERS over questions surrounding placement agent activity, but the California scheme has fired back in defense.
The size of the public pension problem in the United States is growing, and a new paper published by the Harvard Kennedy School for Business and Governmentexplores the obstacles to reform along with potential solutions.
"Good client management is about earning your firm an incremental year of patience,” says Jeremy Grantham of GMO Capital Management, noting that the goal for investors should be to not underperform bear markets.
A letter from aiCIO's Editor-in-Chief Kip McDaniel on the magazine's 40 Under 40 list, a representation of "the very best of our target audience’s youthful tail."
From aiCIO Magazine's April Issue: Many institutions are looking for a new approach and are adopting risk parity and other de-risking strategies, but many of these approaches reflect faulty applications of the theories.