One Upside to the Pandemic: Better Financial Technology
As with medicine, the development of better tools to analyze economic and market data got fast-forwarded.
Tag: Pandemic
Market Moves
3Q Corporate Earnings Look Better and Better, Yardeni Says
S&P 500 profits should be down just 7.1%, a big upgrade from more dire previous calls.
Research
Institutional Investors Find Calm Amid Post-Election Chaos
The markets see stability ahead, despite a delayed election result, Senate runoff races, and voter fraud claims from the president.
Alternatives
Private Equity Fundraising Down But Not Out, Despite Pandemic
Deal-making is bouncing back after being shut down earlier in the year due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Market Moves
How to Take Advantage of the Coming Market Surge
When the economy drops as much as it has, history shows a powerful stock bull run is forming, says Leuthold’s Paulsen.
Pensions
Pension Gender Gap Closes to 1% in UK
However, report finds women are still saving £1,300 less per year than men.
Asset Allocation
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Returns 5% for Quarter
Asset value rises to C$456.7 billion for Q2 of fiscal year 2021; fund names Frank Ieraci as head of active equities.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
COVID-19 Has Shaken Up Vast Majority of Plan Sponsors
But the pandemic has not slowed down pension buyout activity.
Regulation
SEC Collects Record $4.68 Billion in Disgorgement, Penalties in Fiscal 2020
The regulator also doled out a record $175 million to whistleblowers during the year.
Pensions
US, UK Corporate Pension Deficits Widen Due to Falling Equity Markets
Rising discount rates were not enough to offset markets spooked in October by surging COVID-19 cases.
Asset Management Culture
Ivy League Endowments Underperform 60-40 Portfolio Again
Average university returns fall short of a passive portfolio over one- and 10-year periods.
Alternatives
Alts Investors Expect Deal Activity to Return in 2021
However, the way they make those deals will likely change forever.
Market Moves
Ray Dalio Sounds the Alarm about a Rising China
US weaknesses give the world’s second largest economy an opening, he warns.
Research
Netherlands, Denmark Repeat as World’s Top-Ranked Pension Systems
Study finds COVID-19 pandemic is expected to widen the gender gap as women make up more than half of hardest hit sectors.
Market Moves
How a Trump or Biden Victory Might Affect the Economy
S&P Global Ratings analyzes the candidates’ differences and ‘surprising similarities.’