From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 30, 2013

US pension fund eyes selling oil holdings

Seattle investor under pressure to divest over climate change

Industry trends

A clearing house ©Bloomberg
The future slowly becomes clearer
– Special report
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Many Americans have no idea how to plan for retirement
– Special report
From COMPANIES Jan 29, 2013

Permira eyes €2bn for new buyout fund

Buyout group may be left without cash to invest

John Plender Jan 29, 2013

Central bank hot air pumps up bond bubble

The key lies in predicting when investors will run out of puff

From COMPANIES Jan 28, 2013

Caisse to boost property funds by $10bn

Canadian pension fund migrates from low-yielding bonds

From EQUITIES Jan 28, 2013

Hedge fund managers raise bets on stocks

Sentiment has shifted from fear of losses to fear of missing out

Alchemy
From COMPANIES Jan 28, 2013

Singapore underwrites Laxfield’s £1bn fund

Highlights growing role of alternative finance in UK property

John Shedd, 85, loads a container with Bt-corn harvested from his son's farm October 9, 2003 near Rockton, Illinois ©Getty From COMPANIES Jan 27, 2013

Investors wary of going back to the land

Amid the caution, appetite is strong

A Zurich facade ©Alamy Jan 27, 2013

Scandals dent Swiss asset hunt

New mandate wins fall sharply in the past two years

Jan 27, 2013

Half of money funds alter strategy

Negative short-term yields are forcing money market funds to make changes

Jan 27, 2013

Buyout prices and debt levels soar

Rebound is attributed to ‘a sense of urgency to deploy capital’ on the part of private equity funds

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