Tag: Investing

Russell Investments and Barclays launched a set of investable liability-driven investment (LDI) fixed-income benchmarks for U.S. corporate pension funds. 

About a third of outperformance from skill should go to hedge fund managers in the form of fees, and the rest to the investor, a report says.  

Prudential Annuities, the domestic annuity division of Prudential Financial Inc., announced two new asset-allocation options for its investment lineup.  

 Ford Motor Company announced it will offer approximately 90,000 eligible U.S. salaried retirees and former employees the option to receive a voluntary lump-sum pension payment.    

Over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, such as interest rate swaps, have become standard tools for defined benefit pension plans.

A lingering low interest rate environment helped make equities more attractive in the first quarter, Ibbotson reports. 

 Altegris announced Tuesday the launch of a share class designed exclusively for registered investment advisers (RIAs).  

Conventional wisdom about how high-risk stocks perform compared with low-risk ones is completely wrong, a study found.  

Baby Boomer women face challenges unprecedented in retirement planning, according to the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER).

Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) launched a Durable Portfolio Construction platform.  

INTECH Investment Management LLC (INTECH) launched the INTECH Global High Dividend Core strategy. 

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Twenty-seven percent of affluent Americans are unsure how much to save or invest to meet their future needs.

Franklin Templeton Investments launched an iPad app that allows on-the-go U.S. financial advisers and investors to quickly access fund information and portfolio manager perspectives.

Americans understand they have more responsibility than ever for their retirement security, but they expect the government to provide a social safety net. 

Many defined contribution (DC) plan investors lack key information that could help them plan for their retirement. 

In 2011, 18% of Vanguard retirement plan participants held extreme asset allocations—10% with only equities and 8% with no equities.

The 22nd annual Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), found workers’ confidence in their ability to afford a comfortable retirement is stagnant at...

A survey by Mercer found that 41% of organizations with assets below $500 million are considering investment outsourcing. 

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (GSAM) launched the Goldman Sachs Managed Futures Strategy Fund.