China Widens the Door to Global Investors
China has upped its quota for foreign investment in an effort to ease controls on its highly regulated market.
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IMF Predicts Commodity Slump
Commodity prices are likely to decline in the latter half of 2012 and continue through 2013, the International Monetary Fund predicts.
The Doctor's Archives
In part because we want to highlight Angelo Calvello’s nearly two years of writing a column for us—and in part to see how well QR Codes are at driving traffic to our website—we’ve listed here the best work by The Doctor.
Agriculture Investing: A Diamond in the Rough?
Agriculture is a challenging investment with rising potential, fueled by rising food prices, agricultural land’s long-term inflation-linked characteristics, and low correlation to most asset classes, consulting firm bfinance asserts.
From the Archives: Harvard Has a Cold
No longer sui generis, the Harvard Management Company has retreated back into the pack. The seeds of its collapse, it is now clear, were sown in its glory days.
Investors ‘More Conservative’ in 2012
“More conservative and concerned with performance”, what fund managers expect from clients this year.
Milliman: Rising Interest Rates Boosting Corporate Pension Funding
Corporate pension plan funding has climbed sharply in March fueled by rising interest rates and a consequential drop in liabilities, according to an analysis by Milliman.
he Geek (and Olympian and Professor and Businessman) Who’s Helping Them
Asset owners are a learned group but do, occasionally, need help. One Harvard Business School professor, focusing his talents in the low-volatility investing space, is providing just that.
Pension Fund to Revamp City Centre
Pension fund seeks architect for prestigious city centre project.
What's the Best Way to Evaluate an Investment Manager?
Investment manager turnover is often the result of investor irrationality and the use of models such as Bayesian statistics could help provide understanding, according to consulting firm Towers Watson.
Northern Trust: Improving US Equity Correlations, Waning Volatility on the Horizon
Institutional investment managers are becoming increasingly positive on the US economy while they remain concerned about macro risks such as the European debt crisis, a new survey by Northern Trust shows.
Mark Gull is a Glass Half Empty Kind of Guy
The Profile: How Pension Corporation has made it through the financial thunderstorm where others have failed.
Paper: Adaptive Market vs. Efficient Market Hypotheses
The adaptive markets hypothesis has gained a stronger footing in the financial world as the traditional paradigms of modern portfolio theory and the efficient markets hypothesis (EMH) have proven to be woefully inadequate, according a recent whitepaper by MIT professor Andrew Lo.
Trans-Atlantic Pension Differences Exposed
Volatility continues to bite, but geographical positioning seems to matter (at least for now).
New York Takes Pharma Company to Task
Corporate governance beyond the rhetoric – pension funds take action.