Tag Archives: Pension Funds

Largest pension fund worldwide, GPIF, increases equities and foreign allocations

The largest pension fund globally, Japan’s GPIF, is increasing equity allocations and foreign investments at the expense of fixed income to move into riskier assets. It’s part of what the media has called “Abenomics”, the not too creative neologism of … Continue reading

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Few surprises in European Pension Fund Asset Allocation: Equities down, Alternatives Up

The latest Mercer data on European pension funds and their asset allocation shows an aggregate decrease in equities from 43% to 39%, and over half of them now have alternatives allocations (UK leads the way with 75%). In other words, … Continue reading

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Bill Gross’ damages: US needs to learn from Canada and Mexico

Yesterday, BG published his latest monthly musings, entitled “damages”. Bill discusses the pros and cons of losing his long-term memory, which on the financial side include the new normal, the US as the cleanest dirty shirt, Nemo’s ring of fire … Continue reading

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The Week in Global Asset Management: MENA, Nikko, ETFs, UCITS, Dexia, Twitterviews, acquisitions….

Financial markets continue to be in disarray. I spent my week in New York at client meetings, then went on to Brussels to present to the European Commission and ended the week in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha for SWF … Continue reading

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The Week in Global Asset Management: Rogue traders, global cash flows, Mack the Knife, Chilean disapprovals, and more

Another tumultuous week for global financial markets and the asset management industry. The US still leads the world in many ways, but some things are scary to watch. The week hit a low point with the second Republican debate – … Continue reading

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Spotlight on Chile: Fund Managers Benefit from UCITS Appeal and Offshore Pension Fund Flows

This week I published a new study on crossborder fund opportunities in Chilean pension funds, with one of our LatAm analysts, Marlon Valle. A few highlights from the study, “Spotlight on Chile“: – Cross-border pension fund opportunities in Chile: 70% … Continue reading

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