Tag: Alternative Investments

October 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Performance data from more than 300 U.S. pension funds show listed equity real estate investment...

October 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Five new indices created by Wilshire Associates Incorporated are designed to provide critical benchmarking support...

October 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Should hedge funds replace fixed income investments? This question has been top-of-mind for many corporate...

September 26, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A recent survey of investment consultants, conducted by Cerulli Associates, shows that they are actively...

September 23, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Andrew Daly joined investment management and processing firm SEI as a client investment strategist on...

September 12, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Target-date funds (TDFs), or lifecycle funds, have become the default, do-it-yourself investment option in retirement...

September 10, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Regulation may be slowing the push for alternative investments by retirement plans and other institutional...

August 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A new collective investment fund from Alta Trust Company strives to bring an endowment investment...

August 19, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Insurance general account assets are trending towards expanded use of alternative investments, says new Cerulli...

August 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – BNY Mellon named Michael Gordon to head the firm’s new Retirement and Strategic Solution Group,...

August 7, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – State pension systems earned a median 7.2% annualized return over the 10 years ended June...

August 6, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Wilshire Associates Incorporated announced the launch of two indices designed to provide insight into an...

July 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Interest in specific investment outcomes is likely to drive continued institutional exchange-traded fund (ETF) adoption,...

July 24, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Seeyond Multi-Asset Allocation Fund from Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM) invests in stocks, bonds...

July 14, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Total assets managed by the top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached $3.3 trillion in...

July 8, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Evanston Capital Management has released its Evanston Alternative Opportunities Fund.

June 30, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors should reconsider how to think about the growth portfolio in a liability-driven investing...

June 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Emerging market (EM) investors are becoming more discerning, changing the landscape of investing, Principal...

June 16, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution plan sponsors tend to offer far more investment fund options than the number...

June 11, 2014 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Real estate has a place in defined contribution (DC) plans, the Defined Contribution Real Estate...