PPF Expands Its GTAA Manager List after Threefold Growth
UK’s pension lifeboat scheme tenders for another six potential managers after total scheme assets hit £13.5 billion.
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Trickett Joins Zurich Pension after Goldman Sojourn
Towers Watson and Goldman heavyweight returns to the pension fold.
IMF: Pension & Insurance Funds Are “Gambling for Resurrection”
Quantitative easing has led these institutional investors to risk up for survival—and the IMF is alarmed about how they’d weather a sharp correction in rates.
Harvard Study: Boards, Not Shareholders, Are Short-Term Thinkers
The long-held view that insulating corporate boards from shareholders protects against short-termism is nonsense, according to a study out of Harvard’s law school.
UK Schemes Target Self-Sufficiency Over Buyout
Appetite for buyout wanes as DB schemes seek to play out their flightplans.
Montana Public Pension Safe after Republican Push for DC
Higher contributions and potentially lower benefits, but DB lives on in Big Sky Country.
Why Isn’t Contagion Scary Anymore?
Despite Cyprus’s bail-in and a lack of Italian government, investors remain comfortable investing in the Eurozone again.
Investor Shopping List: Cash, Japan, and the US Dollar
Bullish sentiment has receded; safe havens and bold economic policies are luring investors.
Israel Pushes For Sovereign Wealth Fund to Protect Shekel
Production of natural gas leads parliament to vote in favour of a SWF.
CalPERS Adds Derivatives to Absolute Return Parameters
Derivatives are on the menu for the largest US public pension, as it shakes up its absolute return portfolio.
Troubled Employers Delay Pension Payments to Stay Alive
The UK has seen a rise in the number of struggling employers delaying their pension contribution payments, according to new figures from law firm Pinsent Masons.
Photo Gallery: 2013 CIO Summit, New York City
Two days, three fireside chats, nine panels, and 92 photos later, a retrospective look at the fourth-annual CIO Summit.
aiCIO Summit: LDI or Pension Risk Management?
A star example of the LDI trend, CenturyLink Investment Management, isn’t actually practicing LDI, according to two managers at the conference.
aiCIO Summit: Why Risk Parity is Perfect For DC
Risk parity is “absolutely appropriate” for defined contribution schemes, conference hears.
aiCIO Summit: How to Help Traders Capture More Alpha
Conference hears that portfolio manager instructions can be overly specific.