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GIC; Neuberger Berman; PIMCO Australia; Mirae Asset Global Investments Group; AustralianSuper; SL Investment Management; FRTIB; FINANCIAL; EFRP; Mercer; Deutsche Asset Management
Moving off the benchmark
John Griffiths answers questions on the changing world of fixed income
Alternative investment placements increase in 2011 as traditional classes decline
US - Institutional hires in alternative investments and real estate increased in the first two quarters of 2011 at the expense of domestic active equity and fixed income, new research shows.
Pension funds increase alternatives allocation by 16%
The use of alternative assets by pension funds grew by 16% in 2010 to $952bn (£596bn), according to research by Towers Watson.
End of QE unlikely to spike bond yields
Ending quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve in the US is unlikely to lead to a rapid spike in bond yields, analysts say.
Cloud covering emerging market debt was short lived
Emerging market debt funds saw outflows in the start of the year but concerns over the strength of the developed world pulled investors back, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
Gross: Shun duration and buy floating rate notes
GLOBAL - PIMCO's Bill Gross is urging investors to play the safe end of the credit space by shunning duration risk, as rising inflation hits yields.
Week on the Web: What stories have you missed out on this week?
GLOBAL - Have you missed the biggest stories in pensions this week? Find out below, as we list the top 10 most popular stories on www.globalpensions.com over the past seven days.
Gross looks to EMD as treasuries 'to be overvalued for decades'
GLOBAL - PIMCO's Bill Gross has urged investors to look to emerging market debt as low rates and rising inflation present an immediate threat to portfolios and treasuries are set to be "overvalued for decades".
Interest in specialist fixed income on the rise
Stratification is happening within fixed income portfolios, Helen Fowler reports
Specialist fixed income in ascension
Stratification is happening within fixed income portfolios, Helen Fowler reports
Pimco said to raise $1.5bn for fund targeting bank assets
US - Pacific Investment Management Co., manager of the world's largest mutual fund, raised more than $1.5bn for a private pool to buy assets from banks looking to strengthen their balance sheets, according to two people with knowledge of the fundraising....
Pimco's Gross eliminates government debt from Total Return Fund
US - Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., eliminated government-related debt from his flagship fund.
Global Pensions Awards 2011 - the winners
Here they are - the winners of the Global Pensions Awards 2011.
PIMCO, Cutwater see bargains after 'default panic': muni credit
US - Pacific Investment Management Co. and Cutwater Asset Management Corp. are advising investors that record fund withdrawals amid projections of widespread municipal defaults have created a buying opportunity.
Gross slams 'devilish' Fed policy
US - PIMCO's co-CIO Bill Gross has hit out at US policymakers for introducing "devilish policy tools" to rebalance US debt, effectively "robbing savers".
Allianz Global Investors CEO Faber to retire
GERMANY - Allianz Global Investors chief executive officer (CEO) Joachim Faber has announced his intention to retire at the end of the year.
Pimco says 'untenable' policies will lead to eurozone break-up
EUROPE - Pimco, the world's largest bond fund manager, has called on Greece, Ireland and Portugal to step outside the eurozone temporarily and restructure their debts unless the currency bloc agrees to a radical change of course.
PIMCO's Gross bets $4.4m of own money on municipal bonds
US - PIMCO's co-CIO Bill Gross has poured $4.4m of his own money into five municipal bond funds run by the group in anticipation of a rally, Bloomberg reports.
PIMCO to offer fixed income ETFs in Europe
EUROPE - PIMCO is partnering with exchange-traded product provider Source to offer fixed income ETFs in Europe, marking PIMCO's entry into the European ETF market.
Monday Movers
PIMCO; Russell Investments; AXA Investment Managers; State Street Global Advisors; PensionsFirst; Mercer; Standard Life Investments
Incentives and banana skins
This month the panellists discuss allocation trends towards fixed income and corporate bonds, and hidden problems with hybrid corporate bonds
Feature: Controlling fixed income benchmarks
Pension funds are looking for more control over how their fixed income benchmarks are constructed, as Raquel Pichardo-Allison reports
Fixed income panel - Gilt complex
This month, panellists Stephen Jones and Jeroen van Bezooijen discuss the effects of the move to the Consumer Prices Index
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