Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today published the results of its Fixed Income Institutional Voice Survey, with US and European institutional traders revealing that “sourcing liquidity” is the most important factor when selecting a trading venue. Driven by regulatory
Street Contxt, a fintech company that helps brokerages, independent research providers, and asset managers distribute, manage, unbundle, and value research, has launched its buy side service. The new functionality allows investors, including hedge funds, pension funds, and institutional asset managers,
Wall Street Horizon, an alternative data provider specialising in corporate event intelligence, has expanded its global dataset to include nearly 1,000 new companies. The increased offering, which includes data for all 40+ event types Wall Street Horizon tracks, includes the
The world’s largest 100 alternative asset managers saw assets under management increase by 10 per cent in 2016, rising to USD4.0 trillion, according to the 2017 edition of Willis Towers Watson’s Global Alternatives Survey. The survey, which captures long-term institutional
Members of defined contribution pension plans and schemes should carefully manage risk and volatility to create better predictability of investment outcomes. It is, in short, equally as important for those embarking on their retirement savings journey as it is for
Realignment of interests in the hedge fund space is continuing, with hurdle rates and founder’s share class structures now present in more than 70 per cent of institutional portfolios, according to Credit Suisse’s mid-year Hedge Fund Investor Sentiment Survey. This
Sentieo has launched a new cloud-based integrated Research Management System (RMS), which is aimed at helping analysts seamlessly organise research and collaborate with colleagues. The RMS provides deep analytics for investment professionals to identify and analyse behaviour and processes that
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has appointed Deloitte Consulting as an advisory collaborator in its ‘Market Roadmap’ project. This ambitious project, conducted at the ten-year anniversary of the coining of the term impact investing, will assess industry progress to date, codify
In the face of costly regulation and a low margin environment, asset managers are increasingly recognising the need to overhaul the current industry model in order to stay profitable, according to a new survey by Multifonds. The investment software and
Efforts to improve gender diversity at UK hedge funds and private equity firms and other investment partnerships is slowly paying off, according to executive search specialists DHR International. The firm reports that the number of female partners has increased faster
