Op-Ed: What Are We Really Measuring When We Use Peer Rankings? (Part One)
Longtime investor Tony Waskiewicz says peer rankings are the result of many factors and are not the best way to judge the skills and talents of an investment team.
Tag: performance
Navigating the Two Worst Months for Stocks
Calendar effect: Why September has the worst returns, and October the most volatility and market plummets.
Asset Allocation
Ontario Employees Pension Returns 11.9% in 2019
Public equity returns of more than 20% help boost OMERS’ total asset value to C$109 billion.
Asset Allocation
Almost $14 Billion Pulled From CalPERS Equity Managers
With almost all of its external active equity managers fired, CalPERS is moving billions into its own internally managed index strategies
TPR: Badly Run Plans Must Improve or Consolidate
UK regulator says fewer, but better governed plans will benefit pension savers.
Risk
Australia is Killing It in the Long Game
How diversification is key to the nation’s sovereign wealth fund’s performance.
Research
Hedge Funds Have Worst Year in a Decade
Industry-wide losses of 3.42% in 2018 are largest since 2008.
Preqin: Hedge Funds Bounce Back in April
While most strategies recovered, liquid alternatives struggled for the third month in a row.
Research
Ivy Endowments Have Topsy-Turvy Year in Fiscal 2017
Data shows Ivy League endowments are increasing their focus on private investments.
Asset Allocation
Hedge Funds Continue Upward Climb, With Event-Driven Funds Leading the Way
China-focused emerging market funds leading global returns, and are up a whopping 11.60% YTD.
Emerging Markets Hedge Funds Top Performance and New Inflows So Far in 2017
The top performing strategy so far in 2017 is Activist, followed by Discretionary.