President of China Investment Corp. Gao Xiqing has said that as global markets are more integrated, it becomes more difficult to shed sovereign debt investments, Bloomberg reported.
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In the latest example of institutional investors turning to large private equity firms for their expertise in more complex investments, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and Apollo Global Management are set to manage $6 billion for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas' (TRS).
An increasing number of schemes in the UK have closed to future Defined Benefit (DB) accrual or are currently in the process of doing so, a study by consulting firm Aon Hewitt reveals.
Officials at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation have asserted that they'll fight efforts by Friendly Ice Cream Corp. to shed its pension plan during Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring.
A new report by Brighton Rock head of research Con Keating asserts that liability-driven investment is “fundamentally misconceived” among UK pensions as a result of hedging low interest rates.
The combined employee benefit deficits of the Netherlands' 50 largest companies grew by €1 billion in the past year, according to the first "Pensions Accounting Briefing" report by LCP Netherlands.
UBS, which reportedly suffered a $2 billion loss from unauthorized trading at its investment bank, had its credit ratings put under review for potential downgrade by Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service, and Fitch.
