General Motors revs up the alpha engine
June 03, 2010
General Motors returns back from the brink of bankruptcy and it seems that the jewel in the crown is the pension fund. Susan Barreto talks to John Stevens about the $11 billion absolute return portfolio and its role in the pension plan’s revival
US car giant powers pension plan revival with the world's largest corporate hedge fund portfolio
By Susan Barreto
When US car manufacturer General Motors designed its first car just prior to 1908, little did the company's founders know that just less than a century later it would stake its claim as investment innovator in the pension fund community.
The year was 1998, and for many it was the Russian meltdown, near collapse of the financial...
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