Newsmakers
More Federal Spending Means Higher Taxes, Says Leon Cooperman
Tax breaks like those on capital gains will end, hedge fund hotshot predicts, if either Trump or Biden wins.
News Archive: Apr - 2020
Market Moves
World’s Largest Pension Fund Ups Scrutiny of Index Investments
Japan’s $1.5 trillion retirement program wants to improve its passive management strategy.
Asset Allocation
Institutional Investors to Reduce Real Estate Investments in 2020
Pension funds, endowments, foundations plan to cut property commitments by 11%.
Market Moves
Bill Miller: Why Now Is a Great Time to Buy Value Stocks
The famed investor, who just bought Boeing stock, says beaten-down gems are on sale.
Asset Allocation
Harvard Adopts Goal for ‘Net-Zero’ Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2050
Directive for $41 billion endowment stops short of fossil fuel divestment demanded by faculty.
Asset Allocation
Rhode Island Lost 9.5% But Performed Better Than Benchmarks
The state treasurer attributed an allocation into Treasuries and quant strategies for offsetting losses.
Opinion
OP-ED: Disaggregate Your ‘Aggregate’ Composite
Longtime CIO Tony Waskiewicz discusses the benefits of investment grade bonds and Treasuries in this complex market.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
How Will Earnings Ever Get Back to Positive?
Now-leery consumers have to be confident again about going out, a tall order, says Commonwealth’s McMillan.
Asset Management Culture
Kentucky Teachers’ Fund Suspends Requirement for Notary Signatures
A patchwork of states allows remote witnesses, since in-person regulations have been made inconvenient by social distancing measures.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
Endowment Index Tumbles over 20% in First Quarter
COVID-19 wipes out robust 2019 earnings in just three months.
Newsmakers
$10 Billion Illinois Pension Bailout Request Ignites Controversy
GOP critics call the plea from Democratic state lawmakers, folded into a coronavirus relief package, ‘infuriating.’
Newsmakers
Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Hit by Scandal
Norges Bank investigates outgoing CEO’s flight on luxury jet paid for by incoming CEO before his hiring.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
Earnings Will Take Up to 4 Years to Recover, Leuthold Says
That’s the max for EPS retreats in the past, and this recession will be a lulu, the firm’s Ramsey believes.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
US Public Pension Funding Levels Plunge to 66% in Q1
Market turmoil has wiped out all funding gains made in 2019.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
New York Burns Through Cash, But Pension Funds Not Impacted
State retirement systems, in solid shape, don’t require subsidies from the tax coffers.