Morningstar has released a new report, Cross-Border Liquid Alternative Fund Landscape 2019, showing how the landscape for this fast-growing asset class has developed and transformed in the past decade, and what challenges lay ahead for investors and fund selectors in
Emerging markets (EM) L/S Equity strategies remain cautious regarding the sustainability of the rally in EM assets, according to the latest Weekly Brief from Lyxor’s Cross Asset Research team. Managers report that good news tend to be priced in with
Europe’s sub-advised fund assets declined 7.6 per cent in Q4 2018, and 4 per cent for all of 2018, but the structural growth drivers remain intact and have added EUR7.6 billion net assets from new market entrants, according to new
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) first statistical report on European Union (EU) Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) finds that the sector in 2017, as measured by Net Asset Value (NAV), amounted to EUR4.9 trillion, or nearly one third of
A new State of Our Union 2019 research report by Jefferies Prime Services has found that next generation research and development processes are flourishing, as managers revisit their approach to research in order to stay current on emerging themes and
The latest report on the corporate services industry conducted by global trust, fund administration and corporate services provider Vistra, reveals that the trend towards onshore and mid-shore jurisdiction for doing business is continuing with Hong Kong the number one choice.
A new survey by Eze Castle Integration has highlighted the current technology and cybersecurity priorities for investment management firms. The 2019 Global Investment Management Survey, conducted in partnership with Microsoft and IDG Research, canvassed the views of 150 senior-level executives
Investment firms – hedge funds, sell-side research groups, traders, and asset managers generally – are increasingly relying on the web (via the process of web scraping) as a source of investment data, a trend that is set to increase rapidly
CFA UK has released the results of its latest quarterly Valuations Index, measuring investors’ perceptions of the value of equities, bonds and gold in Q1 2019. The index reveals multiple changes in investors’ views of core asset classes since the
An overwhelming majority (91 per cent) of investors in alternatives believe that the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will help the financial industry address pressing environmental and social issues. A quarter of them already integrate the SDGs into their investment
