aiCIO
by Paula Vasan

New research by Invesco has shown that European pension funds and other institutional investors have increased their fixed-income allocation to the highest level in five years, with corporate bonds being the main focus of investors’ growing interest in the asset class at the expense of government debt. Continue reading…

Investment News
by Andrew Osterland

The recovery of the stock market in the last two years has been driven by investors willing to take on risk again. But many of those investors haven’t forgotten the trauma of 2008, said Philip Moses, a financial adviser with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. who manages about $200 million in assets through an advisory practice at the First Federal Bank of Florida. Continue reading…

Globe Newswire
Transamerica

With alternative assets, average investors can now build a portfolio similar to those of institutional and high net worth individuals, allowing them the opportunity to potentially enhance returns and reduce risk. Using a mutual fund structure, they can avoid high investment minimums and limited transparency traditionally associated with alternative investments, says Blake Bostwick, Chief Operating Officer of Transamerica Capital, Inc. Continue reading…

Reuters
by Ben Berkowitz

Insurers do not expect interest rates to rise materially in the next year or so, leading them to look for alternatives to improve returns and manage risk, the head of the world’s largest asset manager for insurance companies said on Tuesday. Continue reading…