As Sudan divides into north and south, CalPERS and other UN PRI funds are divesting shares in public companies in that country, while at the same time warning on the fragile peace and the precarious economy.

SWFs, as long-term investors, could play a countercyclical role in providing global financial and economic stability, the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds concluded last week in Beijing.

Wonk books, financial instrument porn, mea culpa books and prosaic condemnations – these are all part of the financial crisis sub-genre which emerged in the past two years.

The investment management industry will need to be restructured to meet the demands of ageing demographics globally.

Sovereign wealth funds will consider the implications of capital flows and the build-up of foreign exchange assets in Beijing next week at the third annual SWF international forum.

Five Italian university students have won the prestigious CFA Institute Global Investment Research Challenge, beating more than 2,500 students from more than 500 universities worldwide to take out the $10,000 prize.

Securities watchdog, the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), has revamped its structure to better identify market risks and develop regulatory standards for capital markets.

In contrast to the standard paradigm about momentum and reversal in markets being caused by agents reacting wrongly, new research shows that these phenomena can arise in markets with rational agents.

UniSuper is spearheading Australian super funds as alternative sources of institutional‐grade debt funding through an allocation of $264 million to Australian commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS).

The managers most in demand by US investors are those with compelling presences in global and emerging markets’ equities, hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, private equity and real assets.

In Asia’s emerging markets  equities race, China is the fastest growing by size, but Indonesia has ranked first in growth in both the past five and 10 years.

Institutional investors are being urged to embrace ‘conscious currency’ by thinking of currency risks as unmanaged active portfolios, and therefore develop responses to deal separately with those risks.