Family Office Exchange (FOX), a membership organisation for families, family office executives, and advisers, recently published the results of the 2019 FOX Global Investment Survey. Family offices are continuing move into private investments with a third of overall portfolios allocated to private equity (17
Since the market correction of 2008, a vast majority of hedge fund net asset flows have gone to a small minority of hedge funds with the strongest brands. A recent report from Hedge Fund Research shows that approximately 69 per
Almost half (49 per cent of European buy-side Heads of Operations have made entry into new markets their top strategic priority for 2019, with a further 48 per cent fixed on facilitating asset inflows. That’s according to the third annual
Institutional investors worldwide are expecting to make more asset allocation changes in the next one to two years than in 2012 and 2014, according to the Fidelity Global Institutional Investor Survey. Now in its 14th year, the Fidelity Global Institutional
Social and geopolitical turbulence across Europe and North America are concerns for global asset managers, according to the 2017 Linedata Global Asset Management & Administration Survey. When asked to forecast the most disruptive trends in asset management a year ago, asset
Demand for multi-asset funds continues to grow at a time when investors increasingly realise the importance of diversifying their return streams away from traditional asset classes. In a recent Schroders multi-asset survey*, two-thirds of survey respondents said that they were
To investigate the extent to which technology is disrupting the financial services sector, KPMG recently partnered with the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and the Managed Funds Association (MFA) to determine how managers are responding. More than 100 hedge funds
The California Alternative Investments Association (CalALTs), whose members include alternative asset managers, investors and service providers in California, has issued a white paper on best practices for hedge fund and private equity operations. Operational due diligence has played a more
Smartkarma, an Asia-based provider of independent investment research, has opened a new UK office to serve as a hub to build out its independent research analyst community in Europe and support its buy-side investor clientele. Arzish Baaquie (pictured), who joined
As hedge fund managers seek to rebuild investor confidence in the wake of a challenging 2016, they have pinpointed performance and fees as the key areas that will influence the industry in the year ahead, according to research carried out
