Sovereign debt and other issues have emerged to create new challenges and uncertainties around allocating towards international equities, writes Damon Taylor....

Markets may be down but, as Damon Taylor reports, there are opportunities emerging for funds prepared to closely examine their options in international equities....

New Towers Watson analysis confirms investment managers have turned more cautious in 2012....

Institutional investors are investing directly in alternatives rather than going through fund of funds managers, according to Towers Watson....

Ascalon Capital Managers has taken a 30 per cent stake in the Singapore-based Asian alternative manager Canning Park Capital....

The World Bank has issued a dire outlook for the global economy, warning that the world could suffer a recession "as large or even larger than that of 2008-09"....

Although investor confidence has waned in all regions around the world, institutional investors have maintained their risk stance, according to State Street’s Investor Co...

Institutional investors are questioning the make-up of global aggregated indices and starting to take advantage of the strong underlying fundamentals of emerging market d...

Bond markets are starting to enter a phase of stability but investors need to choose their strategies carefully, according to Stuart Piper, MLC Investment Management port...

Institutional investors continue to shy away from risky assets, with the State Street Investor Confidence Index recording a drop in September....

Emerging markets driven by accelerating growth in capital raising activities are set to double their global index share by 2030....