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A new report by Preqin has found that 38% of institutional investors surveyed in the firm's most recent analysis aim to increase their exposure to hedge fund investments in 2012. 

Consulting firm Hymans Robertson is predicting a record year for de-risking among UK schemes with deals potentially topping £9 billion. 

After investments beat benchmarks for three straight years, Texas’s public university endowment has shelled out $7.2 million in bonuses to 29 managers. 

A new survey by JP Morgan Asset Management shows that despite concerns of low interest rates, political risk, and portfolio risk among European institutional investors, fixed-income allocations will not be reduced. 

The design and governance of investment management institutions is actually more important than honoring the principle of fiduciary duty which, claims Gordon Clark, a professor at Oxford University and author of a new academic paper.  

The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees Retirement System, which invests in JP Morgan, has sued the bank claiming breach of fiduciary duty by its directors.   

In the latest example of institutional investors turning to large private equity firms for their expertise in more complex investments, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Apollo Global Management are set to manage $6 billion for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas' (TRS). 

A new report by Hedge Fund Research shows that within the hedge fund universe, equity hedge leads the industry while macro funds decline. 

Performance of institutional assets was negative for the third quarter, with foundations and endowments hit hardest by market declines, according to Wilshire.  

As institutions increasingly seek to mitigate volatility in their portfolios, new investing strategies such as risk parity and low-volatility equities gain prominence. Consultants, however, remain skeptical. 

While Australia has ranked by many measures as having the strongest pension system globally, its super funds have suffered losses due to market volatility.