Are Insurance Funds the Next Leap for Asset Management?
From aiCIO Magazine's April Issue: In the race for asset gathering, have fund managers fixed their sights on pastures new?
News Archive: Apr - 2012
Are CIOs Abandoning Pensions?
From aiCIO Magazine's April Issue: The transition among chief investment officers from the corporate and public pension space into the endowment world are increasingly numerous as the strains within the pension arena intensify.
Is Emerging Market Debt This Year’s Junk Bond?
From aiCIO Magazine's April Issue: When you're investing outside the mainstream, it's not just what you're doing that counts, it is what everyone else is doing too.
Are Daggers Out Between Consultants and Asset Managers?
From aiCIO Magazine's April Issue: The line between the two camps are blurring; can both 'outsourced' models survive and will the client even end up the victor?
SEC Charges Former CalPERS CEO, Board Member With Fraud
The former CEO of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System has been sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission over claims he defrauded an investment firm into paying $20 million in fees to a friend’s placement agencies.
Public Pensions Are a Breeding Ground for Fee Collection, Fund Manager Says
Public pension funds are guilty of spending too much on fees paid out to consultants and fund managers, industry sources say.
JP Morgan: Japanese Schemes Flee Equities, Seeking Alts, Emerging Markets
Japanese corporate pension funds have adjusted their portfolios to respond to the rapidly changing market environment, allocating more heavily to alternatives and emerging markets, according to a survey by JP Morgan Asset Management.
Pension CIOs Win Award for Paper on Risk Management
The leaders of the Kodak and San Bernardino County pension systems, along with two others, have won the Edward D. Baker III Journal Award from the Investment Management Consultants Association for their paper on dynamic beta.
Better Diversity Needed on Dutch Pension Boards
Company boards are getting more diverse in their composition, the same now needs to happen for their pension funds, a study has found.
Strike Now for Buy-Ins
As interest rates look set to stay low and inflation potentially on the rise, is now the time to insure pension liabilities?
Low-Volatility Equity Strategies: A Common-Sense Perspective?
Low-volatility equity strategies are a realistic and common sense approach to target a reduction of risk while not necessarily sacrificing long-term returns, says Adrian Banner, Ph.D., Chief Investment Officer at INTECH Investment Management.
New Products as Low Volatility Investing Gains Followers
Low Volatility investing has been around for decades, but is now the moment investors are taking notice?
Absolute Return Boosting Power of Low Volatility Investing
The low volatility tortoise may beat the stock-picking hare after all.
Breakthrough Public Sector Pension Buy-In
Rare pension buy-in clears the way for open public sector pension funds to de-risk.
Hedge Funds Hit Record Assets, Big Players Win Out
Hedge funds are still a favourite with investors, but some firms are doing better than others, and fund of funds are not faring well at all.