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.
The use of alternative assets by pension funds grew by 16% in 2010 to $952bn (£596bn), according to research by Towers Watson.
Ending quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve in the US is unlikely to lead to a rapid spike in bond yields, analysts say.
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
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.
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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".
Stratification is happening within fixed income portfolios, Helen Fowler reports
Stratification is happening within fixed income portfolios, Helen Fowler reports
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....