Pimco has warned that its outlook for the global economy has declined sharply in recent months, predicting the world will enter a two-to-five-year period of instability as governments seek to address economic imbalances. (more…)
Managing director of China Investment Corporation, Hua Fan, and quantitative portfolio manager at CalPERS, Ho Ho, were among the highlights of day two at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Beijing. (more…)
The week was greeted by a rare visible sunrise in Beijing this Monday morning, as institutional investors from 17 countries with combined assets of $3 trillion gathered in the city for the Fiduciary Investors Symposium hosted by top1000funds.com. (more…)
China’s rapidly growing managed funds sector presents tremendous opportunities for domestic and international investors. As the industry changes in response to a variety of macro trends, fund managers face a number of challenges accessing this lucrative market. Understanding the evolving fund management landscape will be critical to their future success.
A joint statement from a group of 285 investors representing more than $20 trillion has called for a binding international legal framework that will provide the long-term certainty needed to encourage the large-scale private investment necessary to tackle climate change. (more…)
Despite two of America’s largest pension funds, CalPERS and CalSTRS, calling for changes to the board of News Corp at the upcoming annual general meeting on Friday, Rupert Murdoch’s iron grip on the company means their efforts will likely amount to little more than a protest vote. (more…)