Institutional

Third Point founder Daniel Loeb has cancelled a planned appearance at a Washington, D.C., institutional investor conference after representatives of a national teachers' union threatened to question his stance on defined-benefit pension plans.

A Missouri pension is poised to hire a pair of funds of hedge funds.

The Los Angeles County Employees' Retirement Association has issued a request for information for a fund of hedge funds manager.

The New York State Common Retirement Fund has added to its stakes in two alternative investment funds.

Aaron Vermut, Steve Vermut, Ron SuberHedge funds—especially those already focused on high-yield fixed income and distressed credit—are waking to the opportunity represented by the $1 trillion consumer credit market, says Ron Suber, and to the possibility of using peer-to-peer (P2P) lending to tap it.

The Wyoming Retirement System has fired its chief investment officer, after he pleaded guilty to participating in a hedge fund insider-trading scheme.

The Oklahoma Police Pension & Retirement System has added one hedge fund and is poised to add another.

Fund administration firm SEI recently released its sixth annual survey of institutional hedge fund investors, which addresses what it takes to succeed in the hedge fund business today. Marketing and communications expert Bruce Frumerman delves into the survey's findings and explains how hedge fund managers can utilize them to build upon their own marketing strategies and greatly increase their chances of success.

The inexorable march of pension funds into hedge funds has slowed, as the industry's earliest backers returned to the fore during a difficult period.

Another major pension fund is set to slash its fund of hedge funds portfolio in favor of direct hedge fund investments.