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Insurers Prefer Private Equity Investments over Hedge Funds: Survey

LONDON — Insurers want to put more money into private equity this year while scaling back on hedge funds, a survey by Goldman Sachs Asset Management showed on Wednesday. Private equity was the most-favored asset class for insurers seeking to …

Insurers May Cut Allocations to Poorly Performing Hedge Fund Investment Sector

Having complained for years about hedge funds’ high fees and lackluster performance, insurance firms may be preparing to cut allocations to the sector after its poor performance during recent market upheaval left many of them nursing losses. That would be …

AIG Pulls $7 Billion from Asset Manager to Manage In-House

AllianceBernstein Holding LP became another victim of the hedge fund rout when American International Group Inc. decided to wind down a six-year relationship with the asset manager. AIG was the ” most significant” driver of outflows last month as the …