By Wayne Riches, FIS – New research findings indicate a gap between asset managers’ growth objectives and their readiness to meet them. In a new white paper based on global research and the FIS Readiness Index, FIS explores why asset managers
IHS Markit, a specialist in critical information, analytics and solutions, has partnered with six leading securities finance market participants as part of its ongoing effort with Pirum Systems to build a solution to address Securities Finance Transaction Regulation (SFTR) reporting
StatPro Group, a provider of cloud-based portfolio analytics and asset pricing services for the global asset management industry, has appointed Will Entwistle, as North American Sales Director and Group Executive Board member. Entwistle is joining StatPro with a wealth of
Hedge fund investors are reporting increasing difficulty in finding attractive funds in which to invest, according to a survey by Preqin. In June, almost half of investors said they were planning to reduce their allocations to hedge funds over the
More than nine out of 10 (92 per cent) senior professionals working in the hedge fund industry expect to see the volume of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) used by hedge funds to increase by the end of 2017. That’s according
The UK’s slide into recession could squeeze investor flows into the country, carrying far-reaching implications for hedge funds focused on UK markets. Data released this week shows UK GDP contracted by 20.4 per cent between April and June – the
Nasdaq, a leading provider of real-time market data and analytics to large institutions, financial professionals, and retail investors, has added four new data sets to the Nasdaq Analytics Hub. The Hub debuted in May 2017 to address the growing needs of the buy-side
Cristina Bastin, portfolio manager of Muzinich & Co’s Asia Credit Strategies, comments of the outlook for the Chinese credit market…
Savvas Savouri, chief economist and partner at long-running UK hedge fund manager Toscafund Asset Management, believes the UK is well-positioned to emerge from the current coronavirus downturn, despite GDP falling more than 20 per cent in the second quarter, sending
Asset management professionals continue to prioritise back-office automation and managing increased regulatory reporting, according to the 2016 Asset Management Industry Trends Survey by Confluence. The majority of asset management industry professionals (61 per cent) cited automating back-office processes as an important
