12/03/2014

San Francisco scheme reconsiders hedge fund allocation

The chairman of San Francisco’s pension fund is proposing a smaller mix of hedge funds than previously discussed, the latest retirement system to rethink its approach to those investments in the wake of a retreat by the largest public pension in the

12/03/2014

Investors pull another $9.5bn from Pimco's Total Return

Investors pulled $9.5 billion from Pacific Investment Management Co’s flagship Total Return fund in November, a sharp drop from the previous two record-setting months of outflows, according to the company.

12/01/2014

New wave of active ETFs poised for boost from institutions

Institutional investors may soon be stepping up investment via active exchange-traded funds after consultant Towers Watson, one of the Big Three consultants that advises clients worth $2 trillion, gave them a qualified thumbs-up.

11/27/2014

Brazil must prepare for Islamic finance

The NBAD’s Ângela Martins believes the country should join the Islamic finance market, considering its large trade and investment volume with Muslim nations.