Faced with low interest rates and relatively high valuations for risk assets, large global institutional investors are looking to protect themselves against downturn risks through maintaining their cash levels and selectively increasing allocations to active strategies. That’s according to a
CAMRADATA, a provider of data and analysis for institutional investors, has appointed financial journalist and editor Bob Currie as Research Editor for CAMRADATA and Funds Europe, the business strategy magazine for Europe’s asset management professionals acquired by CAMRADATA in 2017.
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is to acquire Refinitiv, one of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, in an all share transaction for a total enterprise value of approximately USD27 billion. The transaction will create a
Hedge funds established in 2018 undertook concerted efforts to launch their enterprises on a stable foundation, including raising minimum investment levels significantly over prior years, according to The Seward & Kissel 2018 New Hedge Fund Study, an annual analysis of new
OpenGamma, a specialist in derivatives analytics, has raised USD10 million in funding led by early-stage fintech and B2B software venture capital firm Dawn. The funding round includes participation from existing investors Accel, CME Ventures and ex-SunGuard CEO and prolific fintech
ResearchPool, the leading global digital platform for investment research, has signed a new partnership with Invest Securities to offer investment companies a MiFID II-compliant solution to access reports and analysts. Invest Securities will also exclusively distribute its research on ResearchPool.com
During the first week of 2018, Event Driven and diversified L/S Equity hedge funds outperformed, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. The fallout from the US tax reform spread and boosted event positions, as
Alternative investments managers are enjoying continued interest from investors but risk losing out from future flows, warns SEI (NASDAQ: SEIC) in its latest pair of research reports. Superior returns, trusted investment teams, and firm size have traditionally served as the
CAMRADATA has published a new whitepaper entitled ‘Challenges and Opportunities of Private Debt Investing’, which examines the opportunities, challenges and innovation of private debt strategies, sharing insight from investment managers who attended a recent roundtable on private debt. The roundtable
Following on from the GP survey it produced earlier this year, SEI once again partnered with Preqin, this time to garner the views of investors to understand how they approaching alternative asset investing.
