Institutionally priced funds gathered over USD600 billion of net new fund flows in 2017, according to data released today by Broadridge Financial Solutions. At the end of 2017, 50 per cent of actively managed institutional fund assets were from retail
Close to 50 per cent of investment managers and consultants surveyed at Northern Trust’s (Nasdaq: NTRS) annual Regulatory and Depositary conference cited client reporting as the greatest implementation challenge presented by MiFID II. The survey of more than 100 attendees
Persistent trends across asset classes have continued to fuel CTA returns over recent weeks, writes Lyxor in the latest Weekly Brief from its Cross Asset Research team. According to several benchmarks of performance, January is on track to see them
Despite a strong start to the year, which saw Q1 2019 average hedge fund performance hit +5.34 per cent, investors continued to pull money from the sector, redeeming an estimated USD13.69 billion in March, according to the March 2019 eVestment
Many investors believe that the sustained post-financial crisis period of calm in fixed interest markets is coming to an end as central bank intervention is withdrawn, according to Invesco’s first Global Fixed Income Survey. The report finds that the majority
March saw a 70 per cent increase in volume from crypto to crypto exchanges compared to February, while those that offer fiat pairs decreased 8 per cent, according to the latest Monthly Exchange Review from CryptoCompare. The review, which offers
Net flows into the hedge fund industry in 2017 ended at USD30.13 billion, with total industry AUM at the highest level on record, according to eVestment’s Hedge Fund Industry Asset Flow Report for December/Q4 2017. The industry also saw the lightest
2018 was a very difficult year for active managers – one of their worst in over a decade – according to new research published by Lyxor Asset Management (Lyxor), which compared the performance of active funds domiciled in Europe with
The results of Linedata’s ninth Global Asset Management Survey reveal a desire among asset managers to capitalise on quick wins from data analytics and digitialisation to protect investment and operational performance against the potential for further market dislocation. After the
Hedge funds gained an average of +0.87 per cent in March, the third consecutive month of positive returns, following a five-month string of aggregate declines, according to the March eVestment hedge fund performance data. The Q1 2019 year to date
