Florida goes truly global after investment restructure
The Florida Retirement System has restructured its investments with a move to combine its US and international equities portfolios into one global strategy.
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Why your portfolio should be 50% emerging markets
Most fiduciary investors underweight emerging markets. This is because when they talk about an “investable” universe, they really mean whatever’s “easy to invest in”, argues Jerome Booth, head of research at Ashmore Investment Management. The recipient of China’s first post-Communist asset sale to a foreign investor, Booth recommends investors take the radical step of investing
Back room analysts come to the fore post-crisis
The global financial crisis has underscored the importance of being able to analyse the risk and return characteristics of all investments, but in particular alternatives and unlisted assets. Greg Bright spoke with Christopher Ward, vice president of Boston-based State Street Investment Analytics, about recent trends.
Mercer boosts capabilities for Asian push
Mercer Investment Consulting has boosted its pan-Asian capabilities by shifting its regional head from Sydney to Singapore and with a plan to expand its Mercer Sentinel implementation unit.
“Perverse” fall in UK pension liabilities
The pension deficits of UK pension funds actually retreated last month, despite the worst stock market performance since early last year.
Chinese growth ‘seductive’ warns Towers Watson
The China growth story is seducing many institutional investors, in theory. But in practice many investors still don’t know the best strategy for investment in the region. Yvonne Sin, head of investment consulting China for Towers Watson, spoke to Amanda White about some of the options.
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