March 2015
Note Multi-Asset Funds Face Investors Scrutiny on Flexibility
Fitch Ratings says in a new report that active multi-asset managers will be under pressure to demonstrate their dynamic asset allocation skills in 2015. Few flexible multi-asset funds managed to fulfil their objectives last (...)
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February 2015
Note BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Investors Exuberantly Bullish on Europe After Promise of ECB Action
Global investors are significantly more positive on the outlook for Europe after the European Central Bank’s announcement of quantitative easing to reflate the region’s economy, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for (...)
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February 2015
Note Global pension fund assets reach new highs
Global institutional pension fund assets in the 16 major markets grew by over 6% during 2014 (compared to around 10% in 2013) to reach a new high of US$36 trillion, according to Towers Watson’s Global Pension Assets Study released (...)
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January 2015
Note 2014 Sees Alternative Assets Industry Near $7tn in Value
Preqin launches its 2015 Global Alternatives Reports, which reveal significant growth in assets held by private equity, hedge fund, private debt, real estate and infrastructure fund managers. Total industry assets now stand at $6.91tn, up from $6.22tn as of this point last (...)
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January 2015
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
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January 2015
Note Stocks Look Strongest in 2015, Institutional Investors Say in Worldwide Study by Natixis Global Asset Management
Institutional investors from around the world expect stocks to be the bestperforming assets in 2015, according to a survey by Natixis Global Asset Management.
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January 2015
Note Corporate Pension Plan Funding Levels Declined in 2014, Reversing Much of 2013 Gains, Towers Watson Analysis Finds
The pension funded status of the nation’s largest corporate sponsors reversed direction in 2014, dropping nine percentage points as falling interest rates (which increased liabilities) and the impact of new mortality tables were only partially offset by strong returns on (...)
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December 2014
Note Building Minimum Variance Portfolios with low risk, low drawdowns and strong returns
This paper provides an introduction to the STOXX Minimum Variance Indices and aims to achieve three things : i) an overview of minimum variance investing ii) the methodology for the construction and maintenance of the STOXX Minimum Variance Indices, highlighting the unique (...)
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December 2014
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.
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December 2014
Note Institutional investors under pressure to balance short-term market moves and long-term mandates, finds Natixis Global Asset Management
According to Natixis Global Asset Management, while institutional investors are optimistic about equities in 2015, their outlook is tempered by market risks beyond their control and unknown liability risks ahead, particularly those linked to increased (...)
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November 2014
Note BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey Finds Risk Appetite Lifts as Growth Expectations Pick up
Global investors have a restored appetite for risk amid greater optimism over the outlook for profits and the economy, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for November.
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November 2014
Note Loan portfolio transactions to top Euro 100bn in 2014
Research published today by PwC shows that in the nine months to the end of September 2014 loan portfolios with a face value of Euro 67bn have been sold by Europe’s banks. PwC estimates there are transactions currently in process for portfolios totalling a further Euro (...)
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November 2014
Note Top investment managers’ assets reach record levels
Assets managed by the world’s largest 500 fund managers rose by almost 12% to reach a record US$76 trillion in 2013, surpassing the previous high of over US$69 trillion set in 2007. The Pensions & Investments / Towers Watson World 500 researchshows that due to consistent (...)
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November 2014
Note Why the ECB asset quality review, stress test raise longer term questions
Although "only" 25 banks failed the ECB test, the central bank’s health check shows that others have reasons to be concerned. SNL data sheds light on some of the implications of the exercise, not only for the failed banks, but also the "near (...)
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October 2014
Note The impact of commodity prices on Emerging Markets
In the report, Nomura’s researchers highlight five channels through which emerging market economies are affected by lower commodity prices: Merchandise trade, CPI inflation, profit margins, fiscal positions, and GDP growth to assess the winners and losers in the Emerging (...)
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