The goal of the research was to drill deeply into the evolving forces in the industry and present a plausible picture of its future landscape, through both near-term and longer-term trends.
Our time horizon looked out towards 2020. We, however, acknowledge the considerable difficulties with longer-range forecasting given the increasing pace of change.
There is one word that captures the flavour of the next few years in the financial industry – complexity.
Singapore’s two largest asset owners, GIC and Temasek, see attractive opportunities in climate adaptation solutions – a relatively underfunded area compared to decarbonisation. The former has already made selective adaptation investments and said the opportunity set across public and private debt and equity could increase to $9 trillion by 2050.
In the CFA Institute’s new Investment Performance Measurement newsletter, launched this month David Spaulding, president The Spaulding Group, and Steven Stone, partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius discuss the issues concerning the use of theoretical performance, summarise the regulatory implications and risks of using such presentations, and suggest best practices and appropriate disclosures. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored
In evaluating alternative investment managers, prospective and existing investors must consider the overall due diligence process
In the wake of the economic downturn, a 2009 survey of more than 100 UK pension schemes by the National Association of Pension Funds challenges the optimistic views reported in the association’s annual survey in July last year. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Defined benefit (“DB”) plans in the U.S. account for $2.3 trillion in assets and cover nearly 42 million plan participants, of whom over 20 million are active employees, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.1 Though shrinking in number, these traditional employee benefit plans remain an important part of the investment and retirement security landscape.
Abstract: This report defines and explains the rise of investments outsourcing – the practice of delegating part or all of a portfolio to third-party, multi-asset specialists – among U.S. institutional investors. The study presents key findings from a Casey Quirk survey of more than 20 of America’s largest investments outsourcing vendors. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1
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). mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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