Infrastructure: US Managers, European Assets, and Asian Opportunities
The infrastructure investment market hasn’t truly globalized, according to Preqin data, which shows managers and deals have clustered in the developed world.
News Archive: Jul - 2013
If Risk Parity is Fallible, What’s the Sharpe Option Now?
What a difference three months makes—risk parity’s wobble has deposed the strategy’s winning long-term risk-adjusted return.
Insurance Investment Outsourcing Accelerates
Fund managers are increasingly snapping up insurance assets as insurers seek diversification.
Build an Infrastructure Bank and Investors Will Come, UK Government Told
Pension Insurance Corporation urges the government to consider three key plans to make infrastructure more attractive to institutions.
China Slow-Down Compounds Emerging Market Fears
The souring investor sentiment against China continues, with 65% of investors believing its economy will weaken, according to new research.
Where is the Sweet Spot for Hedge Fund AUM?
Size matters when choosing a hedge fund, and bigger isn’t always better.
University of California CIO Job Opens
Marie Berggen has retired after seven years as the $80 billion fund’s first CIO.
Alternative Indices Strategies Rise, But Are Investors Buying it?
An influx of smart beta indices hits the markets, but institutional investors remain hesitant to commit cash.
GM Names New CIO
Dhivya Suryadevara, who was instrumental in GM’s $26 billion pension risk transfer to Prudential, has taken over the top investment position.
EDHEC: Construction Risk is Good for Investors
Institutional CIOs should recognise the benefits of infrastructure debt, and embrace construction risk as a welcome diversifier for their portfolios, finds EDHEC’s white paper.
SWIB CIO Villa Joins Iconoclastic 300 Club
David Villa, CIO of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, joins other global investors in the incipient group.
AIMCo: Better Performance Attribution = Better Performance
The era of Excel and the Brinson-Fachler formula is over, the heads of Alberta’s sovereign wealth fund stressed in a white paper.
The Danger of the Binary Direction of DC Investment
UK contract-based DC funds’ focus on keeping things cheap is doing a disservice to members, the industry has claimed.
Bulls Become a Little More Bearish
Northern Trust's investment management report finds investor sentiment has calmed in the second quarter of 2013, and volatility is expected to rise.
Mundane, No Longer: Insurance General Accounts
Alternative assets and investment outsourcing are on most insurers’ minds, according to a State Street survey of industry executives.