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Hedge funds to get $60 billion boost

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2009
... extra $63 billion into their coffers from pension funds and family offices. But insurance companies, private banks, endowments and foundations are all likely to decrease their allocations to the sector, according to Barclays Capital. The report, which ...

ETF assets to reach $1.6 trillion

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... findings include around 40 to 50 per cent of ETF assets reside with institutions, including pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, foundations, proprietary trading desks, and mutual funds. Meanwhile between 50 per to 60 per cent of ETF assets reside ...

BGI appoints CIO

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... clients include individual investors, government and corporate superannuation funds, financial institutions, foundations, endowments and unions.

US pension funds review securities lending

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2008
More than 45 per cent of major US pension funds and endowments are reviewing their securities lending programs after a number suffered liquidity issues during the worst of the credit crisis last year. This year financial services firm Greenwich Associates ...

QIC favours endowment funds

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2008
... structured as private investment partnerships that seek to replicate the investment style employed by leading university endowments. "We did a lot of research on the strategies on endowment funds and have followed them closely over the years," said Adrian ...

US instos ramp up alts to 22pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... digit allocation, a new survey found. JPMorgan Asset Management's Next Generation Alternative Investing surveyed 191 US endowments and foundations, corporate plans and public funds and found a strong desire for the asset class. Those surveyed represent ...