Retirement is a recent phenomenon in history and has acquired several preconceptions around a typical experience. This thought-provoking session explores the reality of ageing in the 21st century and the contemporary needs of members. After this session the question has to be asked, what will we call this conference next year?
Participant: Paul Gordon, Co Author Spenditude, Principal Aon’s smartMonday
Facilitator: Alex Proimos, head of institutional content, Investment Magazine
Length: 23 mins
CalPERS is continuing to reap the benefits of a sweeping overhaul of its public and private equity programs, with the two asset classes, which are the biggest components in the portfolio, powering a 14.8 per cent return for the $637 billion fund in the last reporting period.
The market is no longer undervalued, according to the views of more than 200 funds managers in the September Russell Investment Manager Survey, which among other things found that 54 per cent of managers believe the US equity market is now fairly valued. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The 2009 cost of doing business survey by the Callan Investments Institute found that fees paid by US funds have been increasing on the back of higher allocations to more expensive asset classes and lower allocations to passive investment. Amanda White spoke with Callan’s executive vice president and director of capital market and alternatives research,
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CEM Benchmarking has completed a review of the private equity investments of 30 large pension funds globally, with an average of $935 million committed to private equity, revealing detail of their partnership structures, fees, and investment stages, timing and regions, and is now embarking on its first ever risk practices project. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1
Theo Jeurissen, chief investment officer of the Netherlands’ third largest pension fund, the €30 billion ($44 billion) PMT, talks to Kristen Paech about how the fund is re-assessing its risk frameworks post-crisis, and why a low tracking error is the cornerstone of the fund’s investment policy. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Only $38 billion was raised in private equity worldwide in the third quarter of 2009, the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2003, with the number of fund raisings abandoned more than tripling in a year, according to Preqin. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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