Newsmakers
January 5, 2016
The London-based hedge fund has announced liquidation.
Risk
January 5, 2016
A new ranking of ESG-conscious asset owners hails CalPERS, two large Dutch pensions, Norway’s sovereign fund—and a comparatively tiny British investor.
Newsmakers
January 5, 2016
Mass redemptions from liquid alts clients have pushed Lutetium to unwind and close its doors.
Risk
January 5, 2016
Funds have less than four months to finalize deficit recovery plans.
Asset Allocation
January 4, 2016
Trend-following strategies can be a cost-efficient means of capitalizing on seasonal market movements, a leading quant argues.
Asset Allocation
January 4, 2016
Byron Wien, vice-chair of multi-asset investing, paints a grim year ahead (for US investors, at least).
Manager Selection
January 4, 2016
Demand for credit strategies “evaporated” in the second half the year—but asset owners are still forecast to put new money to work in the sector.
Risk
January 4, 2016
Executive teams’ résumés link dramatically to stock performance, even more so than momentum, market cap, and book-to-market ratio.
Manager Selection
January 3, 2016
Too much focus on outperforming peers is causing misalignment between hedge funds and investors, argues Novus Partners.
Asset Allocation
January 3, 2016
Investors should determine smart beta’s source of outperformance, how long the source persists, and how to implement the beta, a columnist has argued.
Asset Allocation
December 29, 2015
Market values crashed only one out of ten times following a major boom over the last 115 years, research has found.
Risk
December 22, 2015
Research shows participants save nearly $10,000 more per person when offered fewer fund choices.
Manager Selection
December 22, 2015
Continental institutions’ interest in real assets shows no signs of abating.
Asset Allocation
December 21, 2015
Advisors and asset managers polish their crystal balls and forecast the performance of stocks, commodities, and other asset classes in the coming year.
Risk
December 21, 2015
It would take the $300 billion fund nearly 20 years to cut the discount rate to 6.5%, during which asset performance could fall drastically, the ratings agency said.