An overwhelming majority (85 per cent) of alternative fund managers expect to see increased demand for investment vehicles to be based in international financial centres (IFCs) over the coming three to five years, driven by a skills gap and potential
Following last week’s news that Tesla will stop accepting Bitcoin payments, and with rumours that Elon Musk plans to sell Tesla’s Bitcoin, Danyaal Rashid, Thematic Analyst at GlobalData, offers his view. Musk’s flip-flopping makes for good entertainment and a great
Bitcoin investment products saw record outflows of USD98 million or .02 per cent of total assets under management, last week according to the latest Digital Asset Fund Flows Report from CoinShares.
EM sovereign credit initiated a rebound at the turn of the quarter (+3 per cent QTD) as Treasuries bounced back after having registered the worst quarterly returns since the early 1980s (-4.3 per cent for the Barclays US Treasuries in
OptionMetrics, an options database and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide, has released OptionMetrics IvyDB Canada 3.0 with comprehensive historical price, implied volatility (IV), and sensitivity data on optionable securities across Canadian indices and equity options. Major
Using data from HFR and Eurekahedge, AlternativeSoft selected five funds with the highest 2020 returns to see if simple momentum has generated strong returns in 2021. The five funds generated returns between 149 per cent and 300 per cent in
Ninety One, a global investment manager, has extended its long-time relationship with SS&C. The firm has retained SS&C Global Investor and Distribution Solutions (GIDS) to provide transfer agency services to its Ninety One Fund Managers UK Limited business. SS&C supports
Digital asset investment products saw another week of outflows totalling USD19.5 million, the fourth consecutive week of outflows, according to the latest Digital Assets Fund Flows weekly report from CoinShares. Since the outflows began, prompted by negative price action in
Pension funds and institutional investors are set to increase their allocations to computer-based hedge funds over the next 12 months, with FX and equities-focused strategies tipped to see the biggest rise, according to new industry research by fintech and quantitative
The traditional relationship between Momentum and Value factors is becoming increasingly blurred as the Covid-19 pandemic has upended equity markets, according to Unigestion. New research from Unigestion’s equities team suggests investor confidence has been dented in recent weeks as the
