A Wall Street sign in New York. A small circle of investment consultants played a central role in the multi-trillion-dollar push into private markets, steering US pension funds toward private equity, real estate and hedge funds, according to a new study. The shift over the past two decades was driven less by changes in pension fundamentals than by the recommendations of these advisers, researchers at Harvard University and Stanford University found. Portfolios moved because consultants encouraged pension ...

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Stock market information on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US. Donald Trump’s efforts to rewire global trade and pressure the Federal Reserve into cutting interest rates are prompting investors to trim their US exposure, according to Mercer LLC. A growing number of the investment consulting firm’s 3,900 clients overseeing a combined $17 trillion are switching money from the US to Europe, Japan and elsewhere, said Hooman Kaveh, global chief investment officer at the New York- ...