Large, diversified hedge funds with institutional-quality operations are more likely to survive their smaller rivals as the sector continues to contract, according to a research note by Morgan Stanley.
Invest with caution, beware Obama’s ‘Rubinesque’ finance team
Institutional investors should ‘slowly and carefully’ invest cash reserves in emerging market and high-quality US blue chip equities, says Jeremy Grantham co-founder of GMO, who expects imputed 7-year returns for the sectors to moderately outperform and be substantially better than their averages in the last 15 years. However, declines to new equity market lows should … Read more
Markets have not decoupled, but Asia still presents opportunities: Mercer
Despite Asian markets falling and redundancies occurring inline with the West, Mercer Investment Consulting has predicted that the Asian economy will continue to grow at 9 per cent this year.
Upgrade in sophistication for LDI strategies as demand rises
While liability-driven investing (LDI) has been gaining in popularity for several years among mainly defined benefit pension plans, the strategy and products are about to get an upgrade in sophistication, according to Russell Investments.
Pension Markets in Focus
The ongoing financial crisis has dealt a heavy blow to private pension systems. Between January and October this year, private pensions in the OECD area have registered losses of nearly 20% of their assets (equivalent to USD 5 trillion).
OECD calls for reform of pension policy
OECD has called for policy changes after pension funds around the world lost one fifth of their assets, equivalent to $US 3.3 trillion – in 2008.
