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Risk March 14, 2012

Consultants: Derivatives Emerge As 'Quick and Dirty' Solution to Bond Shortage

Derivatives and other hedging strategies are logical solutions for corporate pension funds in the United States as they face heightened volatility along with interest rate and market movements amid a constrained bond market, investment consultants say.

Asset Allocation February 23, 2012

Survey: US-Managed Insurance Assets on the Upswing

Outsourced insurance assets managed by unaffiliated investment management firms in the United States rose to $1.78 trillion as of June 30, 2011, a survey conducted by Insurance Asset Manager LLC shows.

Asset Allocation January 12, 2012

MFS Chief Chooses Credit and Tech for 2012

Quarter trillion dollar strategist makes calls on 2012 and ups frequency of portfolio turnover.

Newsmakers December 13, 2011

Year in Preview

From aiCIO Magazine's Winter 2011 Issue: A look ahead to 2012 on the topics of risk parity, real estate, low-volatility investing, LDI, and commodity investing.

Risk November 15, 2011

Utter Confusion

From aiCIO Magazine's 2011 Liability-Driven Investing Issue: The first step is understanding the scope of the problem--and the potential solutions.

Regulation November 15, 2011

Increasing Complexity

From aiCIO Magazine's 2011 Liability-Driven Investing Issue: If the world ran out of long bonds, what would plan sponsors do?

Asset Allocation November 15, 2011

Pension Risk Management in a Low Interest-Rate World

From aiCIO Magazine's 2011 Liability-Driven Investing Issue: Column by Ari Jacobs and Matthew Clink of Aon Hewitt.

Newsmakers October 31, 2011

Corzine's MF Global Files for Bankruptcy Following Bad Bets on European Debt

After leaving office as New Jersey's governor, Jon Corzine assumed the CEO position of MF Global, pledging to improve the firm's financials -- but ended up leaving it in a state of crisis.

Newsmakers October 31, 2011

PIMCO's Gross: Can You Solve a Debt Crisis With More Debt?

Bill Gross, who manages the world’s largest fixed-income fund -- the PIMCO Total Return Bond fund -- has asserted that you cannot solve a debt crisis by creating more debt.

Regulation October 16, 2011

While New Oversight Council Aims to Scrutinize Asset Managers, Consultants Worry About Overregulation

The top financial regulatory board in the United States has laid out standards by which insurance companies, hedge funds, and other non-bank financial firms could fall under stricter regulation, yet industry sources voice apprehension that firms may be overburdened by regulation and reporting.