Tag: Investment Managers

Both defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) plans can benefit from outsourcing chief investment officer functions, says Debra Woida, delegated investment services head at Towers Watson.

The 401(k) market’s annual growth rate is holding at 9% and could push total assets beyond $4.2 trillion next year, a report from Ignites Retirement Research shows.

The new fund seeks long-term capital growth by investing in foreign and U.S. companies within the industrials sector.

Raymond James announced Jim Bunn will become co-head of the firm’s investment banking practice starting January 1, 2014.

It can improve participants’ portfolio construction, asset allocation and also participant outcomes. So what should advisers tell reluctant plan sponsors about auto re-enrollment?

The DoubleLine Shiller Enhanced CAPE Fund uses the long-term stock valuation principles of Nobel Prize-winning Yale economics professor Robert Shiller.  

Improved corporate efficiency and earnings margins helped drive markets to record highs in 2013, but a number of trends could shift equity...

Optimism over global economic conditions and corporate profits shrunk in early October as persistent volatility and high tail risks in U.S. markets outweighed improving sentiments towards Europe.

Wilton, Connecticut-based Commonfund announced three new appointments to support and contribute to the expansion of its Multi-Asset Program for mid-sized nonprofit clients.

Beyond the company website, an asset manager’s digital presence is critical, and three in five advisers judge asset managers by their Internet activity.

Small-cap growth funds represent a potentially effective way for those with retirement saving shortfalls and concerns about improving portfolio growth to provide additional stock and sector diversification while...

Investment management firm Neuberger Berman Group LLC introduced its latest Emerging Markets Income Fund, which will trade under the tickers NERAZ, NERCX, and NERIX.

Travis Pruit has joined Mercer as a principal in its Investments business in Portland, Oregon.

Sean Taylor has joined Deutsche Asset and Wealth Management (DeAWM) as head of Emerging Market Equities.

Institutional investment data and analytics provider eVestment has launched a attribution platform for its eVestment Analytics service.

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) is aligning its leadership in both active and passive strategies with client challenges.

Enhanced resources on the website of Prime Advisors Inc. include portfolio access, assets under management, market updates, recent company events, industry presentations and publications.

Investment managers grew more optimistic about the U.S. economy in the first quarter of 2013, according to a survey from Northern Trust.

The Mariner Incubation Fund will be managed by Eric Pellicciaro, who joined Mariner Investment Group from BlackRock.

Arnerich Massena Inc. is rolling out a custom fiduciary education program for investment committee members of endowments and foundations.