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Dutch fund stumps up for collateral risk solution
In a sign of the paranoid times, huge Dutch pension administrator Mn Services has installed a collateral management offering, which forms part of a counterparty risk management suite tailored for this environment by Omgeo.
The New Gatekeepers: Winning Business Models for Investments Outsourcing
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.
10 reasons why hedge fund activism will surge in 2009
Combating the ineptitude and excesses of poorly-managed company boards as the financial crisis progresses ensures that activist hedge funds are facing what could be their busiest year in the past decade. Here are 10 reasons why, originally put forward in Seeking Alpha. 1. Democrats are in the White House. In the Democrat tradition, the US
Fed announces custodian for Freddie, Fannie MBS program
The US Federal Reserve has chosen J.P. Morgan to provide custodial services for its program to purchase mortgage-backed securities (MBS) from now nationalised government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae.
Large hedge funds to dominate as banks, small funds withdraw
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
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).
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