There are convincing signs, including the recent 18-year high of the Nikkei share index, that Abenomics is reinvigorating the world's third largest economy. The Japanese ETF industry too has enjoyed tremendous growth under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic reforms and
Boutique asset managers favour ETFs was one of the findings of a recent survey conducted by research firm TABB Group for software company SunGard. Some 48 per cent saw ETFs as an area of significant demand from investors, with many
Forty four per cent of buy-side asset managers are relying on mostly or completely manual processes for managing complex swaps across the investment lifecycle, according to a new survey by SimCorp. And more than 50 per cent claim they still
Total hedge fund assets increased 0.35 per cent in July 2015, bringing the industry’s total assets under management to USD3.133 trillion, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Asset Flows report. Investors withdrew an estimated USD5.0 billion from the industry in
Research for Preqin’s latest Investor Outlook has found that four out of five institutional investors invest in at least one alternative asset class. Private equity, hedge funds and real estate are the most targeted alternative asset classes, with over half
Global investors have shifted their attention from Greece to China amid continued concern of a Chinese recession, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for August. Respondents are scaling back their expectations for economic growth. “Investors are sending
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Fifty three percent of asset managers are not confident that the investment performance figures they report are completely accurate, according to a new survey by SimCorp. A total of 88 asset managers representing USD22.5 trillion in assets under management participated
In an effort to narrow the gap between dynamically managed, multi-asset institutional portfolios and the current set of static, single asset class or balanced retail fund offerings that combine just equities and bonds, asset managers are increasingly likely to bundle
