Despite World-Class Public Pension System, Worries Abound for Canada Retirement
According to a survey by Towers Watson, 65% of defined
benefit plan sponsors in the Great White North fear long-lasting pension
problems.
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European Aging on the Rise
Improving longevity is hastening and set to stretch pension funds liabilities even further.
Is Disclosure Herding Hitting Hedge Funds?
Hedge funds’ information advantage may be eroded by rules on disclosure, research has found.
No. 1 Worry for Pensions for Second Straight Year: Underfunded Liabilities
Once again, underfunded liabilities is the most important risk factor facing US corporate defined benefit plans, according to the 2012 MetLife US Pension Risk Behavior Index survey.
Kay Review: Information Overload Leads to Misguided Investments
Investors are being bombarded with information from listed companies, which is forcing them to make short-term, misguided decisions.
Pension Groups: Solvency II to Hurt Markets
Solvency II would hurt equity markets as well as force the closure of remaining defined benefit pension funds, a pan-European employers and retirement industry group has claimed.
Russell: Pension Liabilities Outpaced Assets in 2011
Liabilities have outpaced the growth in assets for the sixteen publicly listed US corporations with pension liabilities over $20 billion, research by Russell Investments has shown.
Paper: Norway Sovereign Fund Offers Best Insights to Investors on SRI
Institutional investors should look toward the sovereign wealth funds of Norway and New Zealand in their quest for sustainable investing, according to a recent paper.
European Funds Lose Assets Twice in Three Years
Investors pulled more money than they allocated to Europe-based funds in 2011 for only the second time since the start of the decade.
CIO Survey: While Alts Gain Traction, Have Flows to Passive Run Its Course?
While many respondents continue to expect their allocations to long-only equities to moderate, a large proportion of respondents suggest active domestic equity strategies will continue to find it difficult to pick up market share, a newly released survey by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) shows.
Dallas’ Public Pension: The Mutant Offspring of a Well-Funded Corporate Plan and an Aggressive Endowment
The Profile: How Dallas’ city pension is nearly 100% funded in the age of public plan debacles.
Yale Prof: How to Tap Emerging Markets
Emerging markets are best tapped through affiliates of developed market multinationals, research has shown.
Letter From the Editor-in-Chief: Defined Benefit/Magazines Are Not Dead Yet
From aiCIO Magazine's February Issue: Like printed magazines, the demise of defined benefit has long been predicted. We're still waiting for those prognosticators to be right.
Letter From the Managing Editor: Deepening Our Global Footprint
From aiCIO Magazine's February Issue: Letter from the managing editor on aiCIO's new London-based hire, Elizabeth Pfeuti.
Column: Here Comes Customization…
From aiCIO Magazine's February Issue: The old world—where portfolio managers could scale, where client service was somehow less about intellect and more about bonhomie, where alpha was always just within reach—was a vastly preferable one for asset managers.