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Political instability will be the main risk for investments in Spain during 2020, according to the fourth edition of the survey “Spain as an Investment Opportunity” published today by Kreab, a communication and public affairs consultancy firm founded in Sweden in 1970.
The survey gathers the opinion of 62 national and international investors whose aggregated assets under management amount over 380 billion euros.
Despite their concern regarding the political situation, 85.71 per cent of those surveyed would recommend to invest in Spain and give our country an average score of eight out of ten as an investment destination.
Due diligence specialist Castle Hall, has launched DiligenceExpress, a completely free of charge service enabling investors, asset managers and industry service providers to review and monitor diligence information on more than 19,000 registered investment advisors and 62,000 private funds.
Part of Castle Hall’s next generation DiligenceHub online app, DiligenceExpress offers manager and private fund data sourced from Form ADV submissions filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Data is fully comprehensive, with no restrictions as to the scope or volume of data presented for registered users.
The service provides sxtensive profiles of each Registered Investment Advisor and every
The Taiwan Futures Exchange (TAIFEX) is set to provide real-time market data feed from 23 March 2020 simultaneously with the introduction of continuous trading on Taiwan’s stock market, which currently adopts the call auction trading method during trading hours.
TAIFEX has implemented continuous trading since 2002, and existing data feed disseminates a snapshot of prices and volumes of the best five bids and asks every 125 milliseconds (or 8 times a second). Starting from March 2020, market participants and information vendors can choose to connect to the new real-time data feed or the existing feed, depending on their diverse needs.
To facilitate
As the New Year is now almost upon us, it is normal to take pause and consider what is to become of hedge fund allocations in 2020. The rewards of 2019 again seem to pale in comparison to the robust global equity markets roaring at 20 per cent including a robust November (December?). The pendulum of passive versus active remains in motion with the equity market rally easing it towards passive once again.
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator for December 2019 measured 4.95 per cent, up from 4.81 per cent in November.
“SS&C GlobeOp’s Forward Redemption Indicator of 4.95 per cent for December 2019, was up slightly from the 4.86 per cent reported for the same period a year ago, but closely in line with historical averages,” says Bill Stone (pictured), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SS&C Technologies. “Overall, redemption notices for the full year 2019 were similarly in line with recent years’ averages, continuing a trend in stable asset retention for hedge funds.”
The SS&C GlobeOp Forward Redemption Indicator represents the sum of forward
Net sales of UCITS and AIFs totalled EUR 43 billion in October, up from EUR 25 billion in September, according to the latest monthly Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA).
UCIT funds registered net inflows of EUR 42 billion, compared to EUR 13 billion in September.
Long-term UCITS (UCITS excluding money market funds) recorded net inflows of EUR 37 billion, up from EUR 32 billion in September.
Equity funds registered net inflows of EUR 7 billion, compared to EUR 4 billion in September, while net sales of bond funds increased to EUR 19 billion, up
New hedge fund launches declined in Q3, reversing the trends of the first half of the year, with the number of launches falling to the lowest level since Q4 2008, despite a steady flow of European-located new launches.
MacKay Municipal Managers (MacKay), the municipal bond team of MacKay Shields, is to employ Artivest’s open-architecture digital platform to bring its alternative solutions to financial advisors and qualified high-net-worth investors.
“Our relative-value, research-driven approach to investing in municipal bonds is designed to bring investors healthy after-tax income over the long term,” says Robert DiMella, CFA and John Loffredo, CFA, Co-Heads of MacKay. “At a time when the present market is dominated by low yields and negative rates, we are glad to work with Artivest to bring advisors and qualified investors a number of sophisticated fixed-income solutions which strive to potentially
Värde Partners, a global alternative investment firm, has raised its 13th flagship vehicle, Värde Fund XIII, with USD2.47 billion in commitments.
The Fund exceeded its USD2 billion target and will have the flexibility to invest in a range of credit and credit-related assets globally across liquid traded credit, special situations, real estate and financial services.
“Over the past 26 years we have built a global platform with the agility to seek attractive risk-adjusted value in opportunistic credit and asset markets,” says George Hicks, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “In this fund, we utilise our deep experience through many market
Kempen Capital Management has added to its UK business development team with the appointment of Julie Alexander as a business development director.
Alexander brings nearly 18 years of experience to the role. In her previous position, she worked for 12 years as a senior investment consultant for Willis Towers Watson, where she focused predominantly on advising DC and DB schemes. Prior to this, she worked for Coal Pension Trustees Services and Barclays Capital.
The appointment follows a series of new hires earlier in the year, as Kempen continues to meet growing demand by UK pension schemes for its fiduciary management
