As asset growth in traditional hedge funds from institutional investors continues to slow, hedge fund managers are pinning their hopes on the power of new products to attract investor assets and drive growth. However, many are underestimating the costs involved
Total regulatory assets under management (RAUM) reported by all investment advisers as of 7 April was USD61.7 trillion, representing a substantial increase from the USD54.8 trillion RAUM reported in April 2013. This is according to the Investment Adviser Association (IAA)
More than half (57 per cent) of institutional investors plan to narrow down the number of different alternative asset managers they work with in the next 12 to 24 months, according to a survey by UBS Fund Services and PwC.
With the derivatives markets working through new rules, market structure changes and a wave of uncertainty, many across the capital markets industry believe the futures markets will benefit. TABB Group conducted a survey of more than 40 traditional asset managers
How much institutional investors pay in asset management fees continues to be a hot topic, but hard data about the difference between what asset managers say they charge and actual fees charged has been hard to come by. A new
Five new liquid alternative funds were launched in Q1 2019, including three equity hedge funds, one multi-strategy fund and one relative value fund, according to Wilshire Funds Management’s Q1 2019 Liquid Alternatives Industry Monitor. Additionally, there were 12 fund liquidations.
Investors are being left in the dark as to the huge additional costs their asset managers are incurring to transact highly complicated derivatives, according to research from analytics firm OpenGamma, which reveals that transaction costs incurred when trading FX Options can
The slower than expected negotiating progress between the United Kingdom and the European Union and the ongoing uncertainty of the outcome has positioned Brexit as a top systemic risk concern for 2019, although cybersecurity and other geopolitical risks around the
An overwhelming majority (85 per cent) of financial services professionals predict that demand for RegTech solutions will continue to grow until at least 2020 as the wave of new regulation a decade after the financial crisis shows no sign of
Following the announcement by the European Securities and Markets Authorities (ESMA) that leverage rates offered by CFD trading providers must be significantly reduced by 1 Aug 2018, CFD trading provider Capital.com reduced its default rates across commodities, currencies, cryptocurrencies, equities and indices from 1
