Note ‘$1bn Club’ Managers Hold 88% of all Hedge Fund Capital
The 668 firms with at least $1bn in assets under management (AUM) now control $2.75tn out of the total $3.13tn held by the hedge fund industry
|
Note On the impact of Brexit on sterling
As yet, sterling appears not to have reacted to the looming referendum on the UK’s continued membership of the European Union. Over the short to medium term, however, the currency should end up reacting negatively, so great is the fallout for the British economy. In (...)
|
Note Strengths and weaknesses of France as an alternative management financial centre
According to a study conducted by Reinhold & Partners, despite recognised human and technical resources, French alternative asset management, for reasons specific to the French market, and because it is suffering from a lack of image, has not developed as (...)
|
Note Institutional investors bullish on stocks, alternatives in 2016, wary of global political tensions, Natixis Survey Shows
Large investors significantly increase allocations to alternatives in hunt for yield
Market volatility biggest risk to investment performance
Most investors will shorten bond durations when rates rise
|
Note Launch of green bonds
The term «Green Bonds» is more frequently used to describe a market that should mature very fast in order to deal with numerous requests for investments in the field of green infrastructure projects.
|
Note Current approaches inadequate for assessing future longevity
The substantial increases in life expectancy witnessed in recent decades have been consistently underestimated, a new Swiss Re research report reveals. Robust, predictive approaches using forward-looking scenarios are (...)
|
Note The multi-model scenarios, one reason for the success of the CPR Growth fund products
At CPR Asset Management, the allocation is a historical expertise based on a proprietary model, created in 1996, built and continuously enriched thanks to the work of management teams and research.
|
Note EDHEC-Risk Institute study shows that progress remains to be made in risk management for pension funds
The survey finds that LDI is popular, but in concrete terms the fund separation approach, which is consistent with the LDI paradigm, is not yet sufficiently widely applied to manage the LDI approach optimally, especially in southern European (...)
|
Note EDHEC-Risk’s annual European ETF Survey highlights ETF investors’ positive outlook
EDHEC-Risk Institute has announced the results of the EDHEC European ETF Survey 2013, a comprehensive survey of 207 European ETF investors. The survey was conducted as part of the Amundi ETF & Indexing research chair at EDHEC-Risk Institute on “Core-Satellite and ETF (...)
|
Note Lyxor research highlights the growing role of Smart Beta in new investment strategies
Lyxor Asset Management today unveils the results of a new wide-ranging study that compares the performance of European domiciled active funds with that of their benchmarks. The research highlights the growing importance of risk factors and other Smart Beta strategies in (...)
|
Note Hedge Funds Deliver Worst Annual Performance Since 2011
The Preqin All-Strategies Hedge Fund benchmark gained just 3.78% in 2014, the lowest annual return since the 1.85% loss seen in 2011
|
Note EDHEC-Risk Institute study shows room to improve investment solutions in the Australian super system
Latest research argues that the Australian superannuation industry could be further strengthened by the development of an industry-led reporting standard and certification scheme.
|
Note Investors increasingly embrace quantitative strategies
Over two thirds of respondents of the Deutsche Bank annual Alternative Investment Survey invest in systematic strategies, including one in every two who plan to add to one or more quantitative sub-strategies in 2016. The largest investment consultants and pension funds are (...)
|
Note BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Investors Raising Cash While Cutting Commodity Allocations
Global investors are keeping faith with equities while raising cash as markets enter the volatile year-end period, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for December.
|
Note Active Managers Enjoyed Improved Performance In Q2 According To New Study By Lyxor
Lyxor Asset Management’s latest study into active manager performance shows 55% of them beat their benchmarks in the second quarter of 2017. That’s a significant improvement on results at the end of last year, when only 28% outperformed, and above the 52% of (...)
|
Read comments
