Asset Managers
The latest news on top asset managers, including updates on mergers and acquisitions, as well as new investment strategies and fund offerings.
SOA To Create Risk Manager Credential
By Staff WriterThe Society of Actuaries plans to create a professional designation designed for actuaries who want jobs as corporate risk managers.[@@]The SOA, Schaumburg, Ill., says ...
November 16, 2005
How the Affluent Feel About Charitable Giving(and Their Wealth Generally)? More than half of high net worth individuals (53%) feel obligated to share their family's wealth with charitable causes, but ...
November 14, 2005
CalPERS Mulls the Short SideSACRAMENTO, Calif. (HedgeWorld.com)--Perhaps the latest investment policy proposal on the table at the California Public Employees' Retirement System will stand as Chief Investment Officer Mark Anson's parting legacy. Mr. Anson and his staff hope to include long/short equity managers in the US$196 billion pension fund's enhanced indexing program. If the...
November 14, 2005
Credit Strategies Still Attract InterestJudging by a recent capital introduction meeting in London, credit and emerging markets strategies retain sufficient attraction that investors want to hear from managers of such funds despite difficult conditions in the markets. Among the nine managers who presented to investors at this event, three have credit-related strategies, according to...
November 01, 2005
Catching Up With . . . Quincy Krosby of The HartfordAgainst a backdrop of economic uncertainty made worse by the second catastrophic hurricane to rip through the Gulf of Mexico and hit the oil and...
October 30, 2005
The Last StrawIt's really hard to know which aphorism, adage or apothegm that passes for common wisdom is guiding the bailout efforts of the benighted Bush administration.Is ...
October 24, 2005
Survey: Most Large Employers Bend Rules For Sick WorkersMany employers say they make generous efforts to accommodate the needs of employees with breast cancer and other serious illnesses.[@@]Researchers at the International Foundation ...
October 24, 2005
Bush Banking on BernankePresident Bush has nominated Ben Bernanke, his top economic adviser, to serve as the new chairman of the Federal Reserve Board when it comes time for Alan Greenspan to retire January 31.