Equity investments returned 26.3 percent, fixed-income investments produced a zero return, and real estate investments returned 11.8 percent. The return was 1.0 percentage point higher than on the benchmark indices the fund is measured against.

In order to reinforce its voting policy and establish its engagement with companies, Fédéris Gestion d'Actifs, a pillar of French insurance product and diversified management, and pioneer of responsible investment management in France, has retained Mirova...

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has named Wylie A. Tollette as the pension fund's Chief Operating Investment Officer (COIO). Tollette takes over the position previously held by Janine Guillot, who left CalPERS in July 2013.

One may reasonably argue that the recent flows into the Low Volatility strategies might affect their future performance because of the flow pressure on the prices of the companies that generally are selected by this investment approach. More recently, some market participants have even referred to Low Volatility investing as “a bubble”.

Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM), the institutional asset management arm of the Lombard Odier Group, is pleased to announce that its proprietary FWD Smart Beta indexes - calculated independently - are now available through the Bloomberg Professional service.