Plans Increasingly Consider Risk-Parity
Sources say the San Diego Country Employees Retirement Association is leveraging its fixed-income portfolio to create 'risk parity', continuing a trend among pension funds.
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Hermes on the Lookout for Long-Term Institutional Investors
Hermes opens its three commodities funds.
Australia’s SWF Turns to Timber
The Future Fund plans to include timber in its allocation to “tangible assets,” which to date have only included real estate and infrastructure.
Tough Times for Hedge Funds and Private Equity, EU Still Divided
Hedge funds and private equity firms face profit crunch, EU states still split on regulations in Europe, aimed at enforcing restrictions on the industry.
SWF Assets to Rise by End of 2012, With Shift Abroad
After total assets under management at SWFs declined 3% in 2009 to $3.8 trillion, a new report expects a rosy outlook ahead.
Study: Asia Becoming a Home for Asset Owners
According to the study by Cerulli Associates, Asia will most likely emerge as the largest asset management region in the world outside the US.
CalPERS May Cut Its Projected Rate-of-Return
The
giant pension fund’s potential decision to slash its rate of return
could force California governments to struggle paying millions more each
year to provide employees with pensions.
New Hedge Fund Rules to Prevent Secrecy
Hedge funds will need to disclose detailed information about their trading positions to international regulators.
Spurred by Placement Agent Controversy, CalPERS CIO Voices New Effort; New York’s CIO Eases Placement Agent Ban
CalPERS' Joseph Dear says emerging money managers don’t need placement agents to get hired by the fund giant; New York’s CIO Schloss takes the lead on placement agent relationships.
Study: Pension Plan Sponsors Are Becoming More ‘Liability Aware’
MetLife’s survey of 166 corporate plan sponsors shows risk management priorities for the largest US defined benefit pension plans have expanded.
Chairman Lou Jiwei Offers Glimpse Into China’s Sovereign Wealth Fund; Singapore’s Temasek to Create $4 Billion Investment Unit
CIC's Jiwei, a computer scientist-turned-economist, says the
SWF will let its own in-house portfolio managers lead investments in
developed markets. SWF Temasek will launch a new wholly owned
subsidiary.
Amid Debt Crisis, David Jackson of Dubai World’s Istithmar Resigns
Jackson's resignation comes as the investment company struggles to renegotiate about $22 billion of debt.