Trends

Trends
Associations Adapt Member Engagement During COVID-19

Investment manager associations have moved to virtual events to provide ongoing value to members as in-person events remain on hold.

07.15.20
COVID-19 News
Ongoing: Most Pension Funds Reporting Double Digit Q1 Losses

Pension funds across the country are beginning to report preliminary return information for the first quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the markets.

06.29.20
Announcements
Institutional Governance Should Focus On Rebalancing And Opportunities To Overcome Market Crisis: Report

Institutional investors must lean on governance-best practices to avoid being victimized by a market crisis such as the current one brought on by COVID-19, according to a recent report.

06.25.20
Fixed-Income
New England Plans Decide Against TALF Investment

Several New England plans have decided against investing in TALF 2.0

06.16.20
Trends
TALF Interest Waning As Expectations Fall

Sometimes 2.0 isn’t as good as the original.

06.11.20
Industry News
Behavioral Characteristics Influence Portfolio Manager Investment Decisions: Webinar

New webinar explores how behavioral assessments help portfolio performance.

06.10.20
ESG
Artificial Intelligence Can Help Mgrs. Improve Investment Returns: Report

Investors will increasingly demand ESG factors to be applied to a greater percentage of their portfolios.

05.27.20
Alternatives
Western University Holding Liquidity, Eyeing Investment Opportunities

A Western university is seeking investment opportunities as it sits on a significant pile of cash across its portfolios.

05.21.20
COVID-19 News
Investors See Opportunity In Structured And Distressed Markets: Webinar

Institutional investors are finding structured credit and distressed debt as areas of opportunity as they reallocate their portfolios following the financial crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent webinar.

05.21.20
Industry News
Wilshire Trust Universe Reports Worst Quarterly Return Since Financial Crisis

Institutional investors suffered their worst losses since the 2008 financial crisis in the first quarter, according to a report from the Wilshire Trust Universe Comparison Service.

05.12.20