China Slow-Down Compounds Emerging Market Fears
The souring investor sentiment against China continues, with 65% of investors believing its economy will weaken, according to new research.
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Where is the Sweet Spot for Hedge Fund AUM?
Size matters when choosing a hedge fund, and bigger isn’t always better.
University of California CIO Job Opens
Marie Berggen has retired after seven years as the $80 billion fund’s first CIO.
Alternative Indices Strategies Rise, But Are Investors Buying it?
An influx of smart beta indices hits the markets, but institutional investors remain hesitant to commit cash.
GM Names New CIO
Dhivya Suryadevara, who was instrumental in GM’s $26 billion pension risk transfer to Prudential, has taken over the top investment position.
EDHEC: Construction Risk is Good for Investors
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.
SWIB CIO Villa Joins Iconoclastic 300 Club
David Villa, CIO of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, joins other global investors in the incipient group.
AIMCo: Better Performance Attribution = Better Performance
The era of Excel and the Brinson-Fachler formula is over, the heads of Alberta’s sovereign wealth fund stressed in a white paper.
The Danger of the Binary Direction of DC Investment
UK contract-based DC funds’ focus on keeping things cheap is doing a disservice to members, the industry has claimed.
Bulls Become a Little More Bearish
Northern Trust's investment management report finds investor sentiment has calmed in the second quarter of 2013, and volatility is expected to rise.
Mundane, No Longer: Insurance General Accounts
Alternative assets and investment outsourcing are on most insurers’ minds, according to a State Street survey of industry executives.
A Skeptical Look at Risk-Factor Investing Research
Faulty study design accounts for much of the evidence that risk-factor investing is superior to asset class models, according to two prominent managers.
Better the Devil You Know?
A global snapshot of asset management has shown vast majority of inflows have gone to top 10 managers.
Senator Hatches a Risk Transfer Plan for Public Pension Funds
A bill tabled by a Republican Senator, asking for insurers to be able to take on public sector pension plans, has received a muted response.
FX, Lies, and Marked-Up Rates
Or no lies, according to two judges who have thrown out pension-led cases against custodians JP Morgan and BNY Mellon over foreign exchange trades.