European pension fund service providers PGGM and PKA have agreed on an innovative knowledge exchange that eventually aims to look for joint investment opportunities as well as improving the way the funds conduct risk management and the benchmarking of investments, costs and socially responsible investing.
Long-term investors should look beyond the current strong rebound in equity markets as it is likely that markets may be subdued in the coming years, according to consultancy Segal Rogerscasey.
Australian’s $A73 billion ($77 billion) sovereign wealth fund has a new Government-appointed chairman and board member in a process that has become embroiled in politics.
Systemic risk could be the silver bullet everyone is looking for in portfolio management, with high systemic risk in markets proven to be a precursor to heightened tail risk.
US investment consultancy Callan Associates favours fund of fund hedge fund allocations as the need to do comprehensive operational due diligence adds to the growing complexity of hedge fund investment.
Pension reform in the state of New York is politically embroiled with the New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and fellow democrat New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli at opposite ends of the defined benefit/defined contribution debate. DiNapoli is the sole trustee of the state’s $149.9 billion public fund and a strong proponent of its defined
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