Cumbersome client data acquisition and onboarding processes, along with trading delays due to missing or inaccurate client documentation, are top concerns for buy-side firms, according to a report from TABB Group. The study found 62 per cent of respondents experience
Although alternative assets remain a crucial component of many portfolios, investors are finding it harder to identify attractive investment opportunities compared to a year ago, according to Preqin’s survey of over 490 institutional investors. With a record-high 2,798 private capital
International law firm Proskauer has released released its 2020 SPAC IPO Study which reveals that from 2016 through 2019, SPAC IPOs have been on the rise in terms of both absolute number of deals and gross proceeds raised. Based on the
Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today published the results of its Fixed Income Institutional Voice Survey, with US and European institutional traders revealing that “sourcing liquidity” is the most important factor when selecting a trading venue. Driven by regulatory
The world’s largest 100 alternative asset managers saw assets under management increase by 10 per cent in 2016, rising to USD4.0 trillion, according to the 2017 edition of Willis Towers Watson’s Global Alternatives Survey. The survey, which captures long-term institutional
Realignment of interests in the hedge fund space is continuing, with hurdle rates and founder’s share class structures now present in more than 70 per cent of institutional portfolios, according to Credit Suisse’s mid-year Hedge Fund Investor Sentiment Survey. This
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has appointed Deloitte Consulting as an advisory collaborator in its ‘Market Roadmap’ project. This ambitious project, conducted at the ten-year anniversary of the coining of the term impact investing, will assess industry progress to date, codify
In the face of costly regulation and a low margin environment, asset managers are increasingly recognising the need to overhaul the current industry model in order to stay profitable, according to a new survey by Multifonds. The investment software and
Efforts to improve gender diversity at UK hedge funds and private equity firms and other investment partnerships is slowly paying off, according to executive search specialists DHR International. The firm reports that the number of female partners has increased faster
Most alternative investment management firms are able to turn a profit and expand with considerably less than USD100 million in assets, according to a survey of sub-USD500 million firms by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and boutique prime broker
