Research
Gender Diversity on Company Boards Improves Due to Pressure from Big Three Asset Managers
An NBER study shows the push by Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street has rippled through corporate America.
Tag: Fidelity
Dauntless Allocators Stick With Calamitous Cryptocurrency
Institutions keep their toeholds in bitcoin and others amid epic market slide.
Regulation
Regulators Unhappy With Bitcoin in Retirement Plans
This comes after Fidelity Retirement announced it would offer bitcoin as an investment for its 401(k) plans.
Asset Allocation
Forget US Stocks and Head Overseas, BCA Says
American equities are too costly, and there are better, cheaper prospects elsewhere, per the research outfit.
Corporate Moves
Northern Trust Taps Angelo Manioudakis as Chief Investment Officer
The co-founder of Lantern Harbor Investment Partners will oversee more than $1.2 trillion in assets under management.
Asset Allocation
Some Institutions Call Crypto Rat Poison, but Others Are Buying the Currency
Bitcoin bolster: Asset allocators seem to be fueling digital money’s recovery from its recent crash.
Regulation
Supreme Court to Hear ERISA Excessive Fee Case
The lawsuit seeks to define what ‘care, skill, prudence, and diligence’ really mean for fiduciaries.
Growing Number of Pension Funds, Endowments, Foundations Adding Bitcoin to Portfolios
The digital asset is gaining more acceptance among institutional investors.
Why Wild and Crazy Bitcoin May Become a Pension Portfolio Fixture
Retirement funds and other institutions are gradually warming to cryptocurrencies.
Asset Management Culture
Why Soros, Singer, Paulson (but Not Dalio or Buffett) May Soon Be Exempt from Disclosing Stock Holdings
SEC proposal would lift reporting threshold to $3.5 billion, from $100 million now.
Regulation
Permission to Tap 401(k)s Worries SEC Chief
New penalty-free retirement plan withdrawals, meant as recession relief, may result in too-risky investing, Jay Clayton says.
Manager Selection
Top Money Managers Among Those Fired from CalPERS
Large money managers including J.P. Morgan, Fidelity, and Allianz have lost their relationships with the biggest US pension plan as part of a massive restructuring of CalPERS’s equity program.
British Pension Pool Picks Managers for New Corporate Bond Fund
Selections chosen for their UK presence and global reach.
Defined Contribution Plan Balances Tumble 10% in Q4
Market volatility drops average 401(K) holdings from previous quarter’s record high.
Newsmakers
Fidelity International Small-Cap Strategy Terminated by SFERS
The investment made up 6.5% of the system’s approximate $3.5 billion small cap strategy.