Total assets under management for the alternative assets industry in Europe reached a record EUR1.48 trillion as of September 2017, according to a new report from Amundi and Preqin. Growth has been driven by strong inflows of capital: Europe-focused private
Exchange turnover in investment products and leverage products on Europe’s financial markets were up at the end of the first quarter of 2018, according to an analysis by Derivative Partners AG of the latest market data collected by the European
Research unbundling is going global following its introduction in Europe in January as part of MiFID II, according to a new survey conducted by RSRCHXchange. The poll, which was carried out by Survation in Q2 2018 and canvassed the views of
Cryptocurrency initial coin offerings (ICOs) will become a significant fundraising route for companies seeking growth capital in the next five years, coming to represent over 10 per cent of all capital raised in the UK, according to results of a
Seventy one per cent of buy-side heads of trading and FX regard automation as their biggest priority, followed by 49 per cent who cite finding alternative methods to source liquidity as their prime concern. That’s according to the finding of
Investors are divided over how their hedge fund allocations have performed during the recent market crash, a new industry survey has found. Investment consultancy bfinance polled 260 investors – including pension funds, insurers, foundations and endowments and family offices – in
The vast majority (88 per cent) of buy-side traders see see the shift to block trading in the dark as a positive outcome of MiFID II, according to a new report from Liquidnet on the ability of traders to source
The global hedge fund industry’s shift towards greater customisation and bespoke products is rapidly gathering momentum, as allocators pile into managed accounts and sector- or country-specific strategies, with ESG concerns also increasingly to the fore, according to a new industry
Where will institutional investors be focusing their alternative asset allocations over the next 12 months? What are the top-line issues they have when assessing managers, and how are their expectations changing? These are some of the questions covered by Intralinks’
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for March 2020 measured 3.11 per cent, up from 2.83 per cent in February.“SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator for March 2020 was 3.11 per cent, lower than the 3.49 per cent reported for redemptions in
