A new report from Grant Thornton, entitled ‘The future of growth and the asset management industry: Disruptive forces rewrite the solution for hedge fund success’, finds that investors are demanding that hedge fund managers find alpha that exceeds market performance,
The Billion Dollar Club of hedge fund investors continues to expand, as new members join their ranks and total combined allocations to the asset class rise, according to Preqin. This group of those investors allocating USD1 billion or more
Irish Funds, the representative body for the cross-border investment funds industry in Ireland, has launched a guidebook for Chinese asset managers in partnership with the Asset Management Association of China (AMAC). The Guidebook is the latest initiative in the
The debate over MiFID II has sparked intense speculation about the future of the European equity research business. Much less attention has been paid to the potentially profound impacts of the regulatory proposals on the European cash equity trading business.
An increasingly diverse mix of hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds and entrepreneurs are behind a wave of new business models targeting a share of the fast growing multi-billion dollar intellectual property (IP) industry, according to IP data provider IAM. Revenue
Around half of hedge fund firms intend to launch a new hedge fund by the end of next year and most are reporting rising assets, according to a global survey by PwC and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA). The
Next year will see the emergence of at least five Bitcoin and Blockchain businesses with a valuation of more than USD1 billion, and they will all be able to justify their valuations. That’s one of the findings of Magister Advisors’
Financial industry professionals expect to see a significant increase in financial services companies either re-domiciling to other EU financial services centres or opening new subsidiaries there over the next three years. That’s according to research from international asset management
Nearly two-thirds of equity analysts (61 per cent) who cover global capital markets institutions expect regulatory pressures on banks to intensify further through 2020, with potential new capital rules, informally known as "Basel IV," likely to have the greatest effect
These are exciting times for the financial technology sector. In the last few years, market complexity has grown in response to increased regulatory demands, increased investor due diligence requirements, more complex fund strategies and even how hedge funds manage their
