Societe Generale announces the following appointments within its Global Markets division. Sylvain Cartier is appointed as Head of Fixed Income and Currencies within market activities and Hatem Mustapha is appointed Head of Global Markets for Americas...

The California Public Employees' Retirement System announced today that Greg Ruiz will join the pension fund as its new managing investment director for private equity.

In the decade following the Great Recession, central banks in developed countries have resorted overwhelmingly to unconventional measures to satisfy their mandates, be they dual (price stability and full employment) or solely focused on price stability...

For the second month in a row, CTAs outperformed hedge fund strategies in April. According to the Lyxor CTA peer group, the strategy was up +1.6% in April, which brings the year-to-date performance close to +5%.

The first quarter of 2019 certainly ended with a brighter outlook than could be seen when it began. The resolution of several uncertainties and clear signals of support for the economy coming from central banks are reviving attraction to and appetite for risk assets. Does that mean it's time to start changing portfolio allocations?