Service providers in the US will be required to disclose any direct and indirect compensation to plan fiduciaries from July 16, 2011, under new regulations issued by the Department of Labour. (more…)
The South Korean Government has teamed with Abu Dhabi’s largest sovereign wealth fund, the $627 billion Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), to jointly pursue future investment opportunities. (more…)
An alliance of Scotland’s finance sector, power and renewable energy firms and universities is backing a campaign being taken to Westminster, to lobby ministers on Edinburgh being the ideal home for the Green Investment Bank being set up by the UK government. (more…)
The United States private sector retirement system could adopt some particular elements of the public sector retirement system to bring the differences between the two back into balance, according to NASRA research director, Keith Brainard. (more…)
The Harvard Management Company is actively using ETF’s for geographical tilts, with exposure to China and Brazil through iShares investments its two largest holdings at the end of December 2010. (more…)
In new research Ken French and Eugene Fama are expanding their famed “size, value and momentum” work on the US market to an international data sample. (more…)