CFA UK’s latest Valuations Index, which measures investors’ perceptions of the value of equities, bonds and gold, indicates a risk-off mentality amongst investors in Q2 2018, with those polled seeing most value in safe haven assets. According to the Index,
Global hedge fund flows were positive in July, with investors adding an estimated USD5.85 billion to funds around the world and bringing overall industry AUM to USD3.307 trillion, according to the July eVestment 2018 Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. However,
According to Preqin’s latest survey of alternative assets investors, 45 per cent of institutional investors allocate to hedge funds, with the majority of investors reporting satisfaction with the performance of the asset class. In June 2018, two- thirds of investors
North American hedge funds which launched in 2018 are charging 1.46 per cent management fees on average, marginally higher than the global industry average of 1.40 per cent, according to data released by EurekaHedge. The last two years have seen
The hedge fund industry continues to see asset redemptions despite performance that’s outpacing 2018’s challenging results, as reported by eVestment in April. Now at least one set of investors and consultants – those in continental Europe – appear to be
The funds industry in Ireland contributes EUR837 million annually in direct taxes to the country’s exchequer, with 16,000 people now directly employed in the funds sector across the country, according to a new report from Indecon. Indecon’s Economic Impact Assessment
An overwhelming majority (94 per cent) of UK-based financial services industry decision-makers believe that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the most potential to revolutionise the sector over the next five years, considerably ahead of blockchain (53 per cent) and the Internet
The size of the unlisted closed ended fund (CEF market) has grown steadily since 2014, ending 2018 at nearly USD53 billion in assets under management, according to a new report by UMB Fund services and FUSE Research Network (FUSE). The
New research now offers a unique road map for all emerging and start-up hedge fund managers as they make their way to USD1 billion AUM. This has been achieved by analysing the path to growth and crucial insights of larger,
Investors removed an estimated USD14.72 billion from hedge funds in September pushing Q3 net flows into negative territory with an estimated USD5.71 billion leaving the industry in Q3, according to the September 2018 eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. Year-to-date
