The US insurance industry continued to reduce its risk appetite for hedge fund investments, as holdings declined year over year by 8.5 per cent to USD16.4 billion from USD17.9 billion in 2016, according to a new AM Best report. The
Sweeping changes have been a driving force behind perennial issues in the US fixed income markets, from altered workflows and new technology, to entirely new streams of transparent market data made available to participants. That’s according to a new report
Just 14 per cent of partners at hedge funds, private equity firms and other financial services partnerships are women (1,381 out of 9,957 total partners), according to an analysis of data provided by the FCA to Fox & Partners, the
UCITS and AIFs recorded net sales of EUR28 billion in Q2 2018, a significant decrease on the EUR222 billion of sales seen in Q1, according to the latest European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) Quarterly Statistical Release for the European investment funds
The size of the alternative investment industry will grow by USD2.5 trillion in the next three years, according to new research from international asset manager Fidante Partners. The research is the first study not only to aggregate the diverse asset
European institutional allocators continue to invest in alternative investments in heavy numbers, according to the latest Context Allocator Trends Report produced by Context Capital Partners. The latest study showed that 72 per cent of European investors are optimistic about the
More than half of institutional investors are still uncomfortable with quantitative investment strategies, according to a new survey by global investment firm Cambridge Associates. The survey reveals that many investors are still sceptical of the benefits of quantitative strategies, despite
A new survey of 485 investors with assets approaching USD8 trillion from investment consultants bfinance finds that investors are adding new strategies, investing more in private markets and cutting overall costs. bfinance writes that the average institutional investor has transitioned
Investors are increasingly tuned into overall outcomes as opposed to simply raw performance of alternative investment fund managers, and are demanding better and customised strategies, according to a new survey by AIMA and PwC. Alternatives are investments in assets
Total Assets under Management (AUM) in Europe increased by 10 per cent in 2017 to EUR25.2 trillion, according to the 10th edition of the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) Asset Management Report. In relation to GDP, the value
