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Yoder out at Tuckerbrook
Posted: May 22, 2:40 PM
Jay Yoder, portfolio manager and co-founder of Tuckerbrook Alternative Investments, left the firm.Read more
Hawaii drops 3 with ties to Sudan
Posted: May 22, 1:57 PM
Hawaii Employees’ Retirement System, Honolulu, divested its holdings in three companies with Sudan-related investments to comply with state law.Read more
Phillips to lead new BlackRock group
Posted: May 22, 2:43 PM
Craig S. Phillips was named managing director and head of BlackRock’s new financial markets advisory group, part of the BlackRock Solutions division.Read more
Stocks plunge after Fed governor’s warning
Posted: May 21, 4:10 PM
Stocks plummeted today after a Federal Reserve governor warned that the U.S. central bank will not pursue an easy monetary policy.Read more
BlackRock loses small-midcap growth co-leader
Posted: May 21, 3:53 PM
Neil Wagner, BlackRock portfolio manager and co-head of its Boston-based U.S. small and midcap growth equity team, will leave the firm to join a hedge fund.Read more
Pension giants want changes at Exxon Mobil
Posted: May 21, 3:56 PM
Nineteen institutional investors endorsed shareholder proposals at Exxon Mobil Corp. calling for a split in the chairman and CEO positions and action to address climate change risks and opportunities.Read more
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- NEW Bill Gross says Treasury bonds and U.S. TIPS should be avoided, calls commodity-based assets and foreign equities “credible” and says developing economies are “obvious” choices for investment dollars.
- New analysis finds that investors using non-linear, factor-based models rather than returns-based approaches would have been better able to avoid so-called “time-bomb” hedge funds during the credit crisis.
- Potentially sizable investment gains are expected in private equity, hedge funds and real estate in the coming years, but many managers, pension fund officials and consultants are too skittish to take the plunge.
- Disruptive innovations—changes that alter behavior such as the introduction of the index fund—can have a big impact on investment management, Blake Grossman, CEO of BGI, told the CFA Institute’s annual conference.
- Merger arbs expect CME Group’s bid for Nymex Holdings to succeed, but they also believe the Chicago derivatives powerhouse will have to sweeten its offer for the parent of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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Two MastersAt least two huge pension funds have not invested in funds raised by leading private equity firms that have gone public or plan to do so, fearing the firms' loyalties will be divided between shareholders and their limited partners. Read more |
Second Time Lucky?Proposed legislation, championed by Rep. Charles Rangel, hammering the deferred compensation of many hedge fund managers is expected to be resurrected on Capitol Hill as soon as this week. Read more |
Clean ChallengeInstitutional investors committed $23 billion in capital to clean-technology funds last year, but some experts see that money competing with a wall of government funding and corporate investments from around the world. Read more |
Hunted No MoreWhen Invesco's board was looking for a successor for Charlie Brady in mid-2005, sharks were circling the money manager, hoping to bite off choice morsels. But in less than three years under Martin L. Flanagan, Invesco looks more like the hunter than the hunted. Read more |
Emerging PossibilitiesTalk about on a roll. The level of private equity fund-raising targeting emerging markets is at record levels with further growth expected to be sustained over the long run. Read more |
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Options AboundAs more money managers use options, new trading models and technologies are being created that market experts say will help support institutional investors' growing interest. Read more |