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A healthier way to de-risk

Defined-benefit funds all over the world are focused on de-risking but the amount of innovation and players to meet this demand is wanting. Until now. A new report by the Pensions Institute at the Cass Business School examines the emergence of medically enhanced, underwritten or enhanced, bulk buy-ins, in which trustees buy a bulk annuity […]

STAFF WRITERFebruary 15, 2013

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The year that was, a CIO’s perspective

The downgrade of the US took the entire industry by surprise, in a year that confirmed the complexity and unpredictability of markets, CalSTRS chief investment officer, Christopher Ailman, says.

Amanda WhiteDecember 23, 2011

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Investors need to look beyond current crisis and plan for future inflation risk

Investors should be looking past a “safe haven mentality” and be structuring their portfolios to deal with the possibility of a looming risk of inflation in the longer term, says Ed Britton, Towers Watson’s global head of fixed income manager research.

SAM RILEYSeptember 21, 2011

The Specter of Rising Interest Rates

After the 2008 financial crisis, global central banks flooded the financial markets with liquidity to restore stability and set the stage for economic recovery. But these actions also raised investor concerns about inflation and fixed income investments. In the accompanying paper, “The Specter of Rising Interest Rates,” Northern Trust’s Jim McDonald discusses the current situation […]

STAFF WRITERJuly 7, 2011

Asset Allocation

Behind CalPERS’ alternative asset allocation decision

A desire to hedge the portfolio against extreme market risks and rising inflation, has resulted in the $220 billion CalPERS departing from its traditional asset allocation after a year-long review, and introducing the allocation of assets according to five broad groups.

Amanda WhiteDecember 22, 2010

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US endowments interested in outsourcing to multi-managers

A significant proportion of US endowments and other non-profit funds are at least “moderately interested” in outsourcing their investment management to a multi-manager model in the wake of the global financial crisis, according to a new survey by SEI Investments Company.

GREG BRIGHTAugust 25, 2010

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A healthier way to de-risk

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The year that was, a CIO’s perspective

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Investors need to look beyond current crisis and plan for future inflation risk

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Behind CalPERS’ alternative asset allocation decision

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US endowments interested in outsourcing to multi-managers

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