FactSet, a provider of integrated financial information and analytical applications, has launched US statutory insurance content from AM Best, a global credit rating agency, news publisher, and data analytics provider specialising in the insurance industry, across its distribution channels, including
The size of the unlisted closed-end fund (CEF) market has grown steadily since 2014, ending 2017 at approximately USD48 billion in assets under management, according to the second annual report on the sector from UMB Fund Services (UMB) and FUSE
ARM Insight, a provider of actionable insights from financial data, has opened registrations for the upcoming launch of its Enlightmint research tool. Qualified equity analysts and portfolio managers may now register to be one of the first to take advantage of the
IHS Markit a business information provide to over 500 asset managers including more than 300 hedge funds, has appointed pricing and risk management specialist, Mark Findlay, as the Global Head of its Financial Risk Analytics business. Based in London, Findlay will
New research by State Street Corporation reveals that more than half (60 per cent) of institutional investors surveyed plan to partly or fully outsource their data management over the next three years. Currently, 52 per cent conduct all of their
The Big Apple is the world’s foremost financial hub, beating London into second place for the second year running, according to a new report from Duff & Phelps.
The percentage of female partners of private equity firms and hedge funds and other financial services partnerships has stuck at just 14 per cent for the third year in a row, says employment and partnership law specialists Fox & Partners.
There are an estimated 445 alternative data providers in the funds industry, serving the needs of both traditional and alternative fund managers. This is, according to alternativedata.org, an industry that is projected to be worth USD350 billion in 2020. But
As China enters the Year of the Rat this Saturday (25 January), Jasmine Kang, Portfolio Manager at Comgest, an independent, international asset management group, believes that China’s growth has become more sustainable but that high-quality companies are still rare and
Style Analytics, a provider of factor-based portfolio and market analytical tools for investment professionals, is expanding its ESG factor analysis tool with the launch of Carbon Risk Ratings and emission data from Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of ESG research,
