I chat with Sean, senior quantitative analyst at Mine Super, on the scientific process, uncertainty and the changing relationship between academia and the private sector in Australia.
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The exit drought and extended holding periods in private equity is causing mounting pain for many LPs. But for Austin-based COAERS, it is providing ample market to pick up bargains in the secondary market. Sarah Rundell spoke to CIO David Kushner.
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. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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
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. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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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