Manulife Investment Management has published Global Intelligence – its semi-annual report featuring firmwide analysis and perspectives from its global investment teams.
The fourth in the ETF Express podcast series, in association with TrussEdge, brings you Ernst Knacke from Shard Capital and Laurent Kssis from CEC Capital talking about how ETFs can work for institutional investors. Listen now to hear Kssis explaining: “The beauty of ETFs is that you can have effectively a rules-based strategy at low cost”.
US public sector pension plan managers believe the plans they support will spend more on scenario modelling and stress testing in the next two years to help manage the increased risk of market shocks according to new research from Ortec Finance.
A lack of awareness of ESG among local businesses and companies in frontier and emerging markets is creating challenges for sustainable investors in these regions, according to Vietnam investment manager Dragon Capital.
In a recent Crestbridge Alternative Managers’ Mood Index (CAMMI) survey, results highlighted the growing concern of investors in cybersecurity during the fundraising due diligence process in the fund management industry. The firm writes that the increasing reliance on digital systems and the rapid pace of technological innovation leaves the industry open to various cyber threats such as data breaches, ransomware attacks and phishing scams.
Cerulli Associates in the US writes that asset managers are pivoting from relying on mutual funds as their prime source of profitability to presenting new products and vehicles that financial advisers and their clients demand.
In a world where returns are hard to come by, it might be reasonable to assume that institutional investors would be clamouring to include a sector that has delivered returns in excess of 10 per cent over the past three years.
Syz Group has partnered with CMCC Global to launch SyzCrest Digital Uncorrelated – a fund of crypto hedge funds. SyzCrest writes that it brings together some of the most renowned experts in the traditional hedge fund world and the crypto and digital asset ecosystem. The strategy will be available to investors from July 1st.
Charles White Thomson, CEO at Saxo UK, writes on the cost of living crisis and the importance of sharks.
Computers are starting to outpace humans when it comes to investment, according to an experiment from Finder.com, which compared strategies from artificial intelligence technology ChatGPT against top UK managers.
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