GM Stays in Pension Business

Chidem Kurdas

As General Electric Co. sells financial assets and gets out of the loan business,

Mass Affluent PE: Will It Succeed?

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Our retirement investing is still a new world.

Pension Direct Investing Drives Industry

Growth in the third quarter

Eton Park Changes Leave Some Discontent

An attempt to placate investors by

Goldman Bid for FoF Growth

Goldman Sachs continues the battle to

Pensions Like Their Alternatives Traded

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No wonder so many managers want to have an initial public offering. Pensions may be more

BlackRock Readies Broad Spectrum Strategy

A former pension investment officer heads the team that will manage a wide-ranging portfolio of alternative investments. 

Credit Alpha Seen as Solution

What’s the outlook for fixed income investing? One line of wisdom has it that the future is not bright. Inflation and interest rates will go up, bond prices down. It probably is a bad time to hold an aggregate bond index.  Funds with credit expertise, however, are a different story. 

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Pay-to-Play Shadows Political Donations

The New York state pension kickback case may be winding down, but its effect is expected to last. Pay-to-play investigations are low hanging fruit for prosecutors, says Christopher Coniff of law firm Ropes & Gray LLP.

Life, Death, Taxes and Insurance

Chidem Kurdas

In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes, to quote Benjamin Franklin.  As politicians scrounge for more money, it is near-certain that taxes will rise for those with high incomes.