Knowledge Centre

• Fourth Quarter 2009 Market Update

  We believe there has been continued signs of improvement in the world economy during the past quarter, which should keep the recovery in the global financial markets on track, although the pace of gains is likely to be more tempered in the months ahead.

• Commentary: Global Banks and Systemic Risk

  There was a time when global banks, these large multi-national financial institutions with asset sizes in the trillions of dollars, were lauded for their acumen in growing assets, diversifying their portfolio across the globe and having the scale to exercise market-moving trades. What became clear in the last two years was the ripple effect that these banks can have across their peers and the entire financial market when they crash.

• Liability Driven Investing: Globally, LDI Has Entered the Mainstream

  This poll examines how feelings around LDI strategies have changed over the past three years.