LSE academic: Trustees must 'save capitalism'

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Pension funds should steer clear of alternative investments like hedge funds, commodities and private equity to help shake up the capitalist system, delegates heard.

London School of Economics academic Dr Paul Woolley said these alternatives rarely offered better returns than conventional instruments and urged trustees to question conventional investment wisdom...

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