alternative assets

Australia’s Pension Fund Sector Has Leap Frogged Canada

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Australia’s .3 trillion pension fund sector has leap-frogged Canada to take fourth spot in the Towers Watson Global Pension Asset Study 2011.  According to the study, the value of Australian pension fund assets increased to 103 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of 2010, compared to 93 per cent in 2009.  … Read more

Black Horse Fund

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Black Horse Fund Investing Size of the global fund management industry Conventional assets under management of the global fund management industry fell 19% in 2008, to .6 trillion. Pension assets accounted for .0 trillion of the total, with .9 trillion invested in mutual funds and .7 trillion in insurance funds. Together with alternative assets (sovereign … Read more