The global hedge fund industry is successfully weathering the global coronavirus pandemic, with firms continuing to build talent and utilise technology to adapt investor relations and ops functions, according to extensive new industry research by the Alternative Investment Management Association
Canadian institutional investors are seeking to further increase their overall allocations to alternative investment strategies, including real estate, private equity, infrastructure, private debt and hedge funds, according to a new study published by CIBC Mellon. The report, “Race for Assets:
Total assets under management for Europe-based alternatives funds have reached EUR2.00 trillion for the first time as of the end of 2019, according to Preqin’s 2020 Alternative Assets in Europe report, produced in partnership with leading European asset manager Amundi.This
Treasury operations due diligence is expanding well beyond the historical focus on cash controls, and now includes a more evolved and optimised manager’s treasury function. This is not only essential to minimising counterparty risk, but also key to reducing costs
For a third straight year, the US insurance industry as a whole pulled back from hedge fund investments, by roughly USD2 billion in 2018 to USD14.4 billion, with the life/annuity segment reporting a year-over-year reduction of more than 18 per
More than 8-in-10 (83 per cent) asset management professionals are expecting to make fundamental changes to their operating models in the next 24 months, according to Confluence’s 2017 Asset Management Trend Survey. Respondents named Regulatory Change (60 per cent) and
Last month, Hedgeweek, in partnership with Intralinks, hosted a breakfast briefing in London to present the findings of a global LP survey that sought to determine investor sentiment towards GPs. More than 140 LPs responded to the survey, of whom
A survey by The European Repo and Collateral Council of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) calculating the amount of repo business outstanding on 7 December 2016 from the returns of 65 offices of 62 financial groups, sets the baseline
NEX Data, which delivers independent market intelligence and price information for OTC data, has launched a series of US Treasury Benchmarks to provide enhanced transparency and pricing information to the US Treasuries market. The new benchmarks will be published at
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, has appointed Rob Friend as Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.Friend’s 24 years of international financial services experience will be instrumental in scaling SteelEye’s business operations as it prepares to support increasing global
