No Homefield Advantage for Fund Sponsors
View PDF A post-election rally, higher interest rates, and political uncertainty in Europe and Asia left global markets unfazed as stocks and bonds rallied. Both U.S. and non-U.S. stocks delivered stellar returns in the first three months of 2017. That put some juice into the performance of institutional funds tracked by Callan, which did far […]
Book Review: Black Edge
Book Review of Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street, by Sheelah Kolhatkar In the spirit of Den of Thieves, James B. Stewart’s classic book about the insider trading scandal of the 1980s, Sheelah Kolhatkar has written a very readable account of the Justice […]
ESG Continues to Climb
Download Survey View Charticle For the fourth straight year, Callan’s survey to assess the status of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factor integration reveals increasing traction among U.S. investors. ESG investing—including responsible and sustainable investment strategies and socially responsible investing—had been adopted more slowly in the U.S. than in other developed markets due to differences […]