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
Funds-of-funds entered into side letters – special agreements that hedge fund managers sometimes make with investors, overriding general terms applicable to other investors – six times as often as non-profit institutions and nearly four times as often as corporate pension
Lower recent performance, high-profile redemptions and increased concern from investors on the issue of fees have influenced many hedge fund managers to bring their management and performance charges below the “2 and 20” industry standard. That’s according to the latest
A dramatic reshaping of the hedge fund landscape continued in 2017, as the percentage of new funds employing equity-based strategies fell significantly for the second year in a row, according to the Seward & Kissel 2017 New Hedge Fund Study.
fundinfo, a fund information and research platform, is joining forces with the Luxembourg-based fund data management expert, F2C. The deal will see F2C become a part of the fundinfo Group, creating a one stop shop for asset managers with a
