Institutional asset manager Unigestion has reported ‘encouraging’ results from a survey of hedge fund and private asset managers it invests in on their approaches to ESG. Whilst the survey revealed that 60 per cent of hedge fund managers were still
Total hedge fund assets increased 0.35 per cent in March of 2015 bringing the industry’s total assets under management to USD3.101 trillion, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Industry Asset Flows Summary Report. Investors added an estimated USD15.6 billion of
A total of 72 per cent of European capital market participants believe that there is not sufficient transparency in the European fixed income markets today. That’s according to a survey of approximately 200 senior buy- and sell-side market participants conducted
Changing financial rules and regulations are the most pressing issue on the minds of almost half (47 per cent) of the Chief Financial Officers at US hedge funds, according to a poll by execution broker and research provider ITG. The
Senior secondaries practitioners expect to achieve pre-leverage returns of just 9-13 per cent on a deal-by-deal basis over the next three to five years, and anticipate a fall in pricing in the second half of 2015. This is according to
New rules now under discussion in Europe governing asset managers’ use of trade commissions to pay for research could cause investors to cut ties with some brokers, decrease the availability of sell-side research in certain areas, and place small asset
The Managed Funds Association (MFA) has released a new position paper detailing the changes financial markets have undergone since the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act, as well as the expanded role alternative investments now play. The paper, “Dodd-Frank at 5:
As mainstream banks continue to face growing pressure from the alternative finance industry, a new study by Amicus Finance, a provider of short term lending solutions, has revealed the key factors driving small businesses towards alternative lenders. According to the
Jersey has attracted more than USD65 billion and distributed in excess of USD75 billion of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) annually, adding considerable value to the global economy as a result. That’s according to the findings of a new report commissioned
Alternative investments could reach a high of USD15.3 trillion by 2020, according to a new report from PwC – ‘Alternative Asset Management in 2020: Fast Forward to Centre Stage’. USD15.3 trillion worth of alternative investments are predicted by 2020 if
