Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have taken the financial industry by storm, but a recent study suggests hedge funds are lagging behind other market participants. According to a... Read More
Northern Trust Survey: Asset Managers Most Concerned about Managing Rising Costs and Driving Bottom Line Performance amid Global Market Turmoil Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Global survey of... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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.... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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. Â The study is based on 852 entries... Read More
LONDON — October 1, 2015 — A record number of new ETF/ETP providers have entered the US ETF industry in 2015 according to ETFGI 2015 has been a busy time... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
Karen Shaw Petrou memorandum to Federal Financial Analytics Clients on why asset managers won. TO: Federal Financial Analytics Clients FROM: Karen Shaw Petrou DATE: June 19, 2015 Man bites dog: large financial institutions... Read More
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... Read More
Executive summary: New York City remains the preferred headquarters of the global financial services industry. Among the largest private sector employers, however, there is a growing trend to move jobs... Read More
