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In a race to glean fresh insights from ever larger pools of data, asset managers are deploying powerful new tools to gain an edge over their rivals.
In this exclusive Q&A with Hedgeweek, Daniel Johnson (pictured), Senior Vice President, EMEA Fund Services for SS&C Technologies, explains the surge of interest in ESG investments – and examines the growing role ESG data is playing in helping shape asset management decisions.
Is ESG investment a new trend?
Not at all. More than 200 years ago, it began with Socially Responsible Investing (SRI). In the last 20 or 30 years, SRI has moved on significantly.
In 2006, the UN published its Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI). Then, in 2015, its Sustainable Development Goals said we should be using capital in a more productive way
The biggest hedge fund managers outflanked the wider industry in July, with larger managers edging into the black and the broader sector suffering its first down month since the start of 2021.
By Robin Pagnamenta – It’s been a year that many of us would probably prefer to forget, but for asset managers the pandemic has turbocharged many underlying technology trends that were already in place before anyone had ever heard of Covid-19. The migration of more and more activities onto the cloud has been underway for years, of course – propelled above all by the sheer volumes of data which asset managers now juggle daily in order to shape their investment decisions.
But those firms which had already shifted many of their activities into cloud-based solutions well before the pandemic hit last
Redhedge Asset Management’s (Redhedge) rowing crew’s entry in the Grand Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta has been accepted.
Redhedge is sponsoring a team of former rowers to compete in the Grand Challenge Cup, the most coveted race at Henley Royal Regatta. The members of Redhedge’s crew currently all have full-time jobs making it impossible to commit to elite training programmes required for participation. By facilitating their training and competition needs, Redhedge hopes to break down one of the main entry barriers into the sport.
Established in 1839, Henley is one of the oldest rowing regattas in
A new in-depth white paper by SEI sets out how the fund management industry can best address the often complex and challenging process of middle office outsourcing, particularly in the rapidly-altered Covid-19 working environment.
Following the Alternative Reference Rates Committee’s (ARRC) March 2021 announcement that it had selected Refinitiv to publish its recommended spread adjustments and spread adjusted rates for cash products, Refinitiv has launched a prototype rate.
The Refinitiv USD IBOR Cash Fallbacks, as the rates will be known, will leverage the firm’s extensive experience in administering benchmarks, such as Refinitiv Term SONIA, to create a family of US Dollar (USD) fallback rates for use in cash markets.
The London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) underpins hundreds of trillions of dollars of financial instruments and contracts, making it one of the most widely
In a drive to better serve its clients and increase transparency and understanding of private markets, Preqin — a specialist in alternative assets data, analytics and insights — has acquired Colmore, a private markets technology, services and administration business.
Preqin supports more than 110,000 professionals globally in raising capital, sourcing deals and investments and understanding performance by providing them with the most comprehensive alternative assets data and insights. Colmore’s key solutions include portfolio monitoring, analytics, fee tracking and validation, and fund administration services for its LP and allocator clients. The rapidly growing business monitors more than 3,000 private market funds
Global macro hedge funds remain well-placed to benefit from investment themes arising from fragmented recoveries and diverging macroeconomic policies in the coming months – despite recent slim returns and allocator outflows over the summer.
Macro strategies have advanced 7.82 per cent so far in 2021, according to data provider BarclayHedge, after managers posted a narrow gain of 0.19 per cent in July. In comparison, the broader Barclay Hedge Fund Index – which measures average industry performance across strategy classes – has risen almost 9 per cent year-to-date, BarclayHedge said this week.
Macro managers take long and short positions across a
Reconfigured retail: Covid-driven online sales boom nearing peak, says Toscafund’s Savvas Savouri
Reconfigured retail: Covid-driven online sales boom nearing peak, says Toscafund’s Savvas Savouri