Almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of asset managers regard content marketing as their most effective marketing tool with 65 per cent planning to increase their investment in the content marketing space in the coming year. That’s according to the latest
Nasdaq is to acquire eVestment, an industry leading content and analytics provider used by asset managers, investment consultants and asset owners to help facilitate institutional investment decisions. The acquisition is expected to deliver attractive shareholder returns with a combination of
Hedge funds reversed course in June from the pandemic-driven redemption trend of prior months, posting USD15.1 billion in inflows. It was a significant turnaround from USD8.0 billion in outflows in May, USD38.1 billion in April and USD85.6 billion in redemptions
Wedbush Securities was founded in 1955, and is one of the largest providers of small and midcap equity research in the US. The research team sits within Wedbush Capital Markets group and has particular expertise in market sectors that include:
Active asset management company J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) is to directly pay for external research used by its fund management teams when the reforms to the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (known as MiFID II) come into
Harmonate has appointed Kevin Walkup as CEO, as the firm looks to accelerate its data operations platform for fund administration.“We are seeing a historic evolution in fund administration from a professional services model, to a fundstech model driven by data
FENICS Market Data, the Market Data division of BGC Partners (BGCP), is to exclusively provide China Credit BGC Money Broking Company Limited’s (CCT-BGC) Chinese market data products to global clients. Through this agreement, FENICS Market Data is becoming the sole
For non-US fund managers wishing to tap into the US retirement marketplace, setting up a Collective Investment Trust (CIT) could be an attractive proposition, given the growth of defined contribution (DC) assets. Thanks to their ease of set-up, speed to
Many businesses are failing to fully protect themselves against the most significant financial risks they face, according to a study from Chatham Financial. The 2016 State of Financial Risk Management Study found that only 55 per cent of firms with
HFR reports that hedge fund industry capital increased to a fourth consecutive quarterly record in 2Q17, as investor allocations outweighed redemptions for the first time since 3Q15. Total hedge fund capital rose to USD3.1 trillion, a quarterly increase of USD34.1
