GP 100 Panel

Just a third of respondents intend to or already have increased their exposure to hedge funds this year, despite assets under management expected to exceed record levels in 2010.

More than 94% of respondents to the Global Pensions 100 Panel said they had no intention of taking legal action against BP to recoup losses to their investments following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

GLOBAL - Nearly 18% of our respondents said they have tried recently to move their passive assets away from market-cap weighted indices.

GLOBAL - Only 11.8% of respondents to the Global Pensions 100 Panel said they have made or are considering making investments in microfinance vehicles. The results, come after the California State Teachers' Retirement System began last month a discussion...

GLOBAL - The totality of the respondents to this month's GP 100 panel said they are neither investing nor considering investing in UCITS-compliant hedge funds.

GLOBAL - Well over two-thirds of respondents said they have not considered insuring their longevity risk.

GLOBAL - Only 22.2% of the respondents of the Global Pensions 100 Panel said they are using fundamental indexing in their portfolios.

Nearly one-third of panellists said the investment rules they operate under are too restrictive and could prevent them from reaching their investment goals.

Over 63% of the respondents of Global Pensions 100 Panel said US president Barack Obama's proposals to help keep banks from becoming too big to fail will have a positive effect on the asset management industry.

Nearly 60% of those polled in the Global Pensions 100 Panel have not been increasing their exposure to emerging markets, despite the regions' strength coming out of the financial crisis.