Global Pensions | 08 Mar 2010
GLOBAL - Well over two-thirds of respondents said they have not considered insuring their longevity risk.
GLOBAL - Only 22.2% of the respondents of the Global Pensions 100 Panel said they are using fundamental indexing in their portfolios.
Nearly one-third of panellists said the investment rules they operate under are too restrictive and could prevent them from reaching their investment goals.
Over 63% of the respondents of Global Pensions 100 Panel said US president Barack Obama’s proposals to help keep banks from becoming too big to fail will have a positive effect on the asset management industry.
Nearly 60% of those polled in the Global Pensions 100 Panel have not been increasing their exposure to emerging markets, despite the regions’ strength coming out of the financial crisis.
Just over 7% of GP panel members surveyed this month have had to ask employees to contribute to their pension funds for the first time.
No disagreement here. Every plan sponsor surveyed in the Global Pensions 100 Panel supports the decision by New York state attorney general Andrew Cuomo to create a 13-person board of trustees for the state’s pension scheme.
Nearly 90% of plan sponsored surveyed this month believe the pension provisions offered by their scheme is adequate for pensioners.
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