Board make-up matters
The more political appointees and worker representatives sit on US pension fund boards, the more those funds will respond to incentives that encourage riskier investing, research has found.
Post-Brexit uncertainty reigns
‘Selective optimism’ in UK real estate, infrastructure and other assets characterises investors across Europe as they scramble to tell the genuine opportunities from fool’s gold following Brexit.
McKinsey: Long game is best play
Calls for a long-term investment focus have lacked a sophisticated metric to back them up – until now. The McKinsey Global Institute has found tangible benefits from shunning short-termism.
Coal pension burns for cash flow
Coal Pension Trustees Services includes a sizeable allocation to equities and is making a move into illiquid sectors such as shipping assets – ‘floating property’ – to generate cash flow.
Vale Steve Ross
Steve Ross was a pioneer of fields such as asset pricing, investment management and corporate finance. His colleagues at MIT and Caltech regarded him as generous and kind.
MSCI shines light in tax gap
MSCI ESG Research has seen growing demand from institutional investors for data on tax-related risk. In response, it has added data such as geographic revenue transparency to its ratings.
