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By Armin P. Choksey – In the last few years, the world has witnessed significant progress in harmonising environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure frameworks. The launch of new initiatives globally shows that both investors and stakeholders recognise the value of streamlining ESG disclosures and the importance of consolidating them.
By Martin O’Regan – Comprising more than 1,000 managers with USD4 trillion of assets under management makes Singapore a leading Asian investment management hub. These impressive numbers demonstrate potential for the ever-changing industry.
A shifting and growing business landscape requires firm leadership, thoughtful insights, reforms, and competency training to ensure the community can continue to capitalise on industry trends. The successful launch and take on of the Singapore Variable Companies Act (VCC) has been the catalyst for a lot of the current growth. With a pro-business regulator marketing locally and overseas, together with the local funds community being strong advocators of the
Singapore continues to make significant efforts to further promote the appeal of the Lion City to hedge funds, private equity and other alternative investment managers, and it seems that its strategy is working. In 2020, Singapore’s asset management industry grew strongly, with assets under management (AuM) rising more than 17 per cent overall and at 31 per cent year-on-year in the alternatives sector. Venture capital and private equity continue to be strong performers within this segment.
Lazard Asset Management has unveiled a new long/short credit UCITS hedge fund which trades investment grade, crossover, and high-yield bonds in Europe and North America.
In recent years, the Irish fund market has struggled under a burden of regulation that would break a lesser jurisdiction. From regulatory reporting to UCITS V, and from CP86 to CP140, the need for regulatory compliance across the board has resulted in increasing interest in and take-up off third-party management company (ManCo) offerings.
With the COP26 climate summit underway in Glasgow, equity long/short hedge funds can capitalise on the renewed focus on sustainability, while climate change and energy price volatility heralds opportunities for certain macro managers.
Hedge funds may have endured a bumpy patch in the third quarter, but Man FRM’s chief investment officer Jens Foehrenbach is upbeat on the sector’s Q4 prospects.
Man FRM’s Q4 Quarterly Outlook said the heightened focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors heralds fresh investment opportunities for equity long/short hedge fund strategies, which have suffered lately as a result of crowded long trades – particularly in
By Kristina West – The management company concept was first created to provide assurance of good governance and control with self-managed fund entities and vehicles. As funds proliferated and as the industry matured, the management company concept was born as an entity that would provide the necessary governance, oversight and services.
Many firms took the decision at this time to create their own, internal management company; but since that time, the industry has seen greater development and detail of the rules, particularly with the focus on liquidity and sustainability, and expectations have grown, leading to the establishment of third-party ManCos
By Kristina West – Until five years ago, there were still some perceived benefits for firms to build an in-house management company (ManCo), in terms of control and the assumption that using a third party might be perceived differently by investors. But with these concerns largely allayed, the rise of the third-party ManCo – and, indeed, what has been termed the ‘Super ManCo’, a firm that supports both UCITS and AIFs – seems assured.
By Kristina West – The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), the industry body for promoting Luxembourg’s fund sector internationally, has witnessed the establishment and growth of ManCos across many years.
Similarweb, a digital intelligence company, has been named the Best Alternative Data Provider in the Hedgeweek Americas 2021 Awards. This is a first-time nomination and win for Similarweb, which earned the award for its Investor Intelligence service, launched in late 2018.
