Mohamed El-Erian Resigns from PIMCO
PIMCO Founder Bill Gross is set to lose his CEO and protégé as of mid-March.
News Archive: Jan - 2014
Aon Hewitt: Fiduciary Fees Must Be More Transparent
With the recent growth of fiduciary management, the consultant has questioned whether investors understand what they are paying for.
Has Volatility Turned Pensions off Private Equity?
Academic papers published this week have shone light onto investor habits around the asset class.
The Difference between the Best and Worst Hedge Funds? Less than You Think
Top hedge funds are only outperforming the worst ones by 21.5%, according to data from HFR.
Investment Outposts: A Guide to Branching Out
Sovereign funds and pensions have launched satellite offices to foster in-house management, reduce agency problems, and spot new opportunities, according to a paper.
Morgan Stanley: Look to Financials for Fixed Income Opportunities
The Wall Street giant is overweight on financials, seeking return opportunities while the sector lags industrial companies’ push to recovery.
Women-led Hedge Funds Beat Out Male Peers, Again
In the last six-and-a-half years, an index of female-run funds has gained 6% annualized—710 basis points above the industry as a whole.
Where Were the Best-Performing Hedge Funds in 2013?
Asia-ex Japan was home to the hedge funds that netted the best returns for investors, data has shown.
China SWF CIO Lands Promotion
The largest SWF in Asia has shuffled its top brass.
CIO Profile: Two Weeks into Job, New Mexico's Grabel Talks Changes
Jonathan
Grabel, a private equity veteran and now CIO of New Mexico's $14 billion pension fund, plans to take a hard look at the manager roster and get granular with portfolio data.
Which Investment Calls Came Good Last Year?
A consulting
firm found emerging markets underperformed last year while US equities
experienced more than significant growth.
CIC and Ireland’s Pension Reserve Fund Launch Joint Equity Venture
The two institutions have committed $50 million each to the fund, which will focus on Irish and Chinese technology companies.
Lord Hutton Joins Redington…as Ball Leaves JLT
January has brought some major staff changes at UK consulting firms.
Insight Investment Hires LDI Veteran
Tarik Ben-Saud worked at BlackRock for 15 years before spending almost two years assisting with reconstruction efforts in the Middle East.
Pensions: To Merge, or Not to Merge (Part Two)
In the second part of aiCIO’s special report into pension fund mergers, the Dutch reveal their key risks to overcome before consolidating, and we investigate how the UK public sector is tackling the issue.