1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (561+ words) Credit: Getty Images, Dircinha SW Emily Balsamo and Tarso Veloso, CME Group Last year, Brazilian soybeans at times traded more than $80 per ton below their Chicago counterparts " a discount reflecting abundant South American supplies and logistics bottlenecks. By year-end, that…...

16+ hour, 53+ min ago  (342+ words) New data from two investment giants show that U. S. corporate pensions are in a better position than they've ever been. That said, a significant portion of pensions " of all sizes " still struggle with funding issues." "Many plans have become more liability…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (63+ words) Institutional Investor March was mostly a losing month for commodity trading advisors. Still, the decline of systematic managed futures funds was much less than that of the broad stock market. The IASG CTA Index posted a modest 0. 56 percent loss last…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago  (363+ words) An increasingly prominent and fast-growing activist investor is raising money for a new blank-check company. Irenic Capital Management has filed plans to raise $220 million for Irenic Acquisition, a special purpose acquisition company, according to a recent regulatory filing. The SPAC…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (393+ words) As the industry contemplates how to incorporate artificial intelligence into their operations, Alex Ambroz, CEO of the Allocator Training Institute, says that while AI may be here to stay, allocators may still have some misconceptions about what it can and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (343+ words) Credit: Getty Images, Jenner Images Erik Norland, CME Group With geopolitical risk in the forefront, many investors are asking a similar question: where should one turn for a safe haven? The Japanese yen, the Swiss franc, the U. S. dollar or gold?...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (238+ words) Institutions are pumping capital back into hedge funds at record levels now that returns have snapped back. But Mass PRIM is saying: Let's hold tight " even if this could cost them alpha." Rather than seek new relationships, the Massachusetts Pension…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1578+ words) Dave Iben and Alissa Corcoran, Kopernik's co-CIOs, at the Kamoa Kakula Copper project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Every summer, Dave Iben takes his team at Kopernik Global Investors away from the sultry air of St. Petersburg, Florida....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (525+ words) One asset manager has likened growth investing to gambling: It can deliver the same dopamine rush as winning a hand at the blackjack table but not consistent, steady wins. While investing in growth is broadly considered more "fun" than investing…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (772+ words) (Listen to the full conversation on Spotify, Apple Podcastsor by scrolling to the end of this article.) For more than a decade, investment teams focused on building their private markets portfolios. The portion of public markets that was passive was…...