Due to a surprisingly high return of 27%, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) looks on track to hit full funding in 2041, according to an article in Chief…
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Inside the Mystery of Brookfield Asset Management
An article in the Financial Times profiles what it describes as the $500 billion “secretive investment firm” Brookfield Asset Management, a Canadian group that grew out of the Seagram liquor…
The Death of the Traditional Passive Fund
Fidelity’s annual global institutional investor fund survey, released in March, showed that institutional investors plan to turn more toward active strategies and smart beta products in the coming years. This…
Investors Keep Returning to Hedge Funds
A survey of institutional investors by JPMorgan Chase found that most participants planned to “maintain or increase their overall hedge fund allocations in 2019, following a year during which 68…
Institutional Investors Model Good Habits for Individual Investors
The investment protocols followed by large, institutional investors, while seemingly cumbersome, can serve as a good example for individual investors of how to avoid making emotionally-based buy/sell decisions. This according…