Economy
Berkeley professor, students win AQR Insight Award
A research paper on predicting market returns for currency and other investments won the 2013 AQR Insight Award, the second year AQR Capital Management has awarded $100,000 for unpublished research.
May 20, 2013 | 03:57 pm
$9 trillion market not many institutions know about
Pending Basel III regulations could move trade finance and its $9 trillion market into the sights of institutional investors.
May 16, 2013 | 12:01 am
Corporate plans' funded status down in April, Milliman finds
Funded status of 100 largest U.S. corporate pension plans fell in April to 81.2% from 82.8% at the end of March, according to the latest Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index.
May 09, 2013 | 02:13 pm
Hedge funds see opportunities in credit investments
The sensitivity of mortgage and other credit investments to an anticipated rise in interest rates can be mitigated, a credit hedge fund manager told attendees at the SkyBridge Alternatives Conference ...
May 09, 2013 | 11:45 am
Dow average closes above 15,000 on stimulus optimism, earnings
U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to its first close above 15,000, on optimism over global central bank stimulus and better-than-estimated corporate earnings.
May 07, 2013 | 04:32 pm
Dow Jones, S&P 500 both set new record highs
U.S. stocks rose Friday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average above 15,000 for the first time, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index also topped 1,600 for the first time, rallying 1.3% in...
May 03, 2013 | 11:16 am
Apple bonds expected to be part of major indexes
Barclays U.S. Aggregate, Standard & Poor's U.S. corporate and other major bond indexes are expected to include $14 billion of the $17 billion in bonds Apple Inc. sold Tuesday, said Colin Robertson,...
May 01, 2013 | 02:28 pm
Fed likely to continue quantitative easing program
The Federal Reserve is likely to continue or even expand its self-described “highly accommodative” monetary policy for some time, according to a statement issued Wednesday at the end of a ...
May 01, 2013 | 04:09 pm
Japan, China buck trend of global decline
The downward trend in risk levels around the world continued into the first quarter of 2013, with two notable exceptions: Japan and China, according to the Axioma Insight Quarterly Risk Review.
April 29, 2013
As markets and bond yields rise, more DB plans eye LDI
2013 could be the year that more U.S. corporate defined benefit plans kick in their liability-driven investing strategies if equity markets and bond yields continue to improve, according to an...
April 29, 2013
Exchanges creating programs to attract ETP investors and market makers
Amid the blistering pace of exchange-traded product launches in 2012, a subtle undercurrent of skepticism began to creep into the market for new issues.
April 29, 2013
Taxing pensions and 401(k)s
President Barack Obama's federal budget proposal to restrict accumulations in retirement programs would, if enacted, affect in a direct way only a very few participants, but would undermine the...
April 29, 2013
Google searches appear to predict stock market moves, new paper says
Google search terms might provide warning signs of stock market moves, according to a paper published by Nature Publishing Group's Scientific Report.
April 25, 2013 | 03:43 pm
Fed's policy jeopardizes achievement of its goals and risks upending markets
Since the global financial crisis, central banks around the world have been forced to take dramatic and unprecedented actions to stabilize markets and shore up faltering economies. As a result, a...
April 22, 2013 | 04:37 pm
Northern Trust survey: Money managers optimistic about economy, markets
Money managers are showing an increased optimism in several important economic measures, according to Northern Trust's quarterly investment manager survey.
