Traders disagree over whether MiFID II has been successful, according to new research by SIX, with a combined 70 per cent of traders surveyed by the Swiss exchange believing that trading has become more transparent – a key goal of
Intensifying market competition in an increasingly crowded space is the top concern among credit fund managers, according to new research from global law firm Ropes & Gray. The report, ‘Driving Success: Challenges and Opportunities in Credit Fund Platforms’, analyses the
Performance remains top concern for alternative risk premia managers despite a better year for the industry, according to new research by MJ Hudson Allenbridge.The Alternative Risk Premia Fund Review was conducted using an online questionnaire with 34 asset managers participating,
CloudQuant says it has proven the value in the Precision Alpha Machine Learning Signals (PA Signals) alternative data set. Its detailed data science study shows a long-short portfolio outperforms the equal-weight S&P 500 ETF by an average of 37.9 per
Thomson Reuters has added sell-side research from Deutsche Bank, Kepler Cheuvreux and European Securities Network’s (ESN) to the Investment Research Marketplace (IRM) solution on its financial desktop platform Eikon. Thomson Reuters IRM was launched on Eikon in March 2018 to
Smartkarma, an investment research network for independent research providers, has launched Boost Research, an accelerator programme designed to support investment analysts who want to start independent research businesses. Boost Research aims to improve the overall supply of independent research to
Close to a third of hedge fund firms have now slashed management and performance fees, according to a new industry study, which suggests managers increasingly must offer discounts and other novel fee models to retain investor mandates. The report, ‘European
Canoe Intelligence, a financial technology company providing alternative investment operations for institutional investors, allocators and asset servicing firms, has signed a deal with Prime Buchholz, an independent alternative investment advisory firm.Canoe will automatically convert manager reports received by Prime Buchholz
Euromoney TRADEDATA has launched its first reference data application that can be deployed into the Symphony secure team collaboration environment, in the second deliverable from its strategic partnership with data sharing and workflow platform ipushpull.The application will provide licensed Symphony
Investment managers stand at a crossroads today. Faced with a rapidly changing digital world, they must determine which path to take to help them transform their business models and respond to the needs of a younger generation of investors.
