If you are an institutional investor or consultant responsible for manager selection, and your job is to find managers that you think will outperform in the future, it may [...]
Wall Street is both shrinking and growing at the same time. A report from New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli illustrates how financial success does not always translate into employment [...]
Hiromichi Mizuno, now in his third year as chief investment officer of Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, the world’s biggest manager of retirement savings, thinks dramatic changes are ahead for [...]
Nearly ten years on from the start of the financial crisis and it looks as if the recovery is well and truly here. According to Bloomberg, the second quarter was [...]
Like hedge funds specifically, asset manager fees overall are coming under pressure thanks to the growth of passive, but there is some good news for the sector. 2016 was a [...]
Not just hedge funds in particular... Asset Managers face growing problems Since the financial crisis, it has been banks that have borne the brunt of regulatory changes, which when coupled [...]
Franklin Resources: A good short?The active fund management industry is under siege. After years of underperformance, investors are losing patience with active managers and as the cost of beta [...]
A pre-election survey of global institutional investors found an optimistic outlook for 2017 that is being somewhat tempered by the global swell of populist sentiment and political uncertainty that [...]
During the first week of July, Asset Managers gained long exposure to equity derivatives and the long end of the US yield curve while selling the short end, a [...]
The money management industry is already under a significant amount of pressure from the rise of low-cost ETF’s, which are stealing business from relatively high cost underperforming mutual funds. [...]
With U.S. equity prices nearing or breaking year to date highs, asset managers had decreased their net long exposure to equities by $900 million, touching a three year low [...]
The Bar For Asset Managers ‘Has Never Been Higher’ – CFA Institute Survey Trust Among Investors Higher, But Financial Services Still Ranks Relatively Low Since CFA Institute and Edelman last conducted [...]
Hedge Fund Compensation Trends Hedge fund managers receive enhanced compensation when compared to asset managers, according to a new study from U.K.-based Emolument.com. The study is based on 852 entries [...]
LONDON — October 1, 2015 — A record number of new ETF/ETP providers have entered the US ETF industry in 2015 according to ETFGI [...]
As the emerging market sell-off intensifies, Goldman Sachs has put together a list of the public asset managers with the most exposure to emerging markets. Listed asset managers have outperformed [...]
As the emerging market sell-off intensifies, Goldman Sachs has put together a list of the public asset managers with the most exposure to emerging markets. Listed asset managers have outperformed [...]
Pat Dorsey Follows Buffett’s Lessons To Pick Stocks by William Green, Barron’s Asia Pat Dorsey ran Morningstar’s equity research department from 2000 to 2011, ultimately overseeing an army of more [...]
Karen Shaw Petrou memorandum to Federal Financial Analytics Clients on why asset managers won. TO: Federal Financial Analytics Clients [...]
Long-term mutual fund inflows moderated in May, as active equity and fixed income eased, though passive equity strengthened, notes BofAML. Michael Carrier and team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch [...]
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Given the stubborn gender gap well established in the investment industry, bringing more women into the sector will move a long way toward achieving investors’ long-term goals, notes State [...]
Gender Bias: Part Of The Folklore by State Street Center for Applied Research The investment industry could learn a thing or two from honey bees. Their communication skills are impressively [...]
