In this article, Ed Peters, co-director of global macro at First Quadrant, Ed Peters, examines what markets, or betas, are essential to fully diversitfy a global portfolio, while still achieving long-term goals; and how breadth is often confused with diversification.
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Funds are expecting to push for a further consolidation in the number of equity managers they use but intend to add alternative asset managers, a new Callan Associates survey reveals.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Two of America’s largest pension funds, CalSTRS and CalPERS have warily offered support to the interjection of California Governor Edmund G Brown Jr into the debate on how to finance the state’s ballooning pension liabilities.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, has lost more than $2 billion in the September quarter, as global share markets tumbled – despite reducing its equity exposure and moving more into defensive assets, such as cash.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
It’s not until you’re on the ground that the basic growth story in China is really obvious. When Guy Russo, now head of Kmart in Australia, was the head of McDonald’s in China, they called it “opening a store every four hours”.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
As the G20 meeting looms, Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), told delegates at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium to stop acting as if fiduciary management existed in a bubble. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
New York will radically overhaul its pension system, consolidating the investment strategies for its five pension funds and reforming the governance structures of the funds.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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