Major pension funds in Asia have been diversifying further into alternatives, driven by the need to deliver solid returns and combat inflationary pressures as they face a looming underfunding crisis, according to Cerulli Associates’ newly released report, Asian Retirement Markets 2023: Building Security Against Uncertainty.
A new study from Scientific Beta, entitled “Sustainability Alpha in the Real World: Evidence from Exchange-Traded Funds”, assesses the performance of sustainable investing from a value-weighted portfolio of ETFs that follow systematic ESG investing strategies in the US equity market.
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global body for exchanges and central counterparty clearing houses (CCPs)s, has set out six principles to promote sound marketplaces in crypto-trading in a new report, entitled “Promoting Sound Marketplaces – DeFi/CeFi, Crypto Platforms & Exchanges” .
According to a new report on company engagement commissioned by the First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute, relevance to the company, face-to-face meetings, and a strong shareholder consensus are among the most important elements.
Pictet Group has published a new study entitled ‘Megatrending – Opportunities Ahead’ designed to focus on the value of turning megatrends into investment ideas. The firm writes that this enables investors to benefit and companies to get the capital they need to develop.
Despite a small contraction in assets caused by a complex market and macroeconomic scenario in Europe and at the global level last year, ETF products continue to gather net-new money from investors, according to Cerulli Associates’ latest report, European Passive Investments 2023: An Increasingly Diverse Marketplace.
London-based digital asset hedge fund manager Nickel Digital Asset Management has published research that finds that institutional investors are increasingly recognising the importance of digital assets in diversified investment portfolios.
The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has published a white paper on the role ‘market-based finance’ plays in people’s futures. WFE writes that, inspired by how share markets combat the effects of inflation, ‘Financing the Future’ examines the importance not just of long-term investment, but of having public policy that promotes it, rather than works against it.
New research commissioned by software company Red Marker has highlighted the continuing tensions between the legal/compliance and marketing teams in the asset management industry, in no small part made worse by archaic approval processes for marketing materials which are simply not fit for purpose in today’s complex environment.
New industry research has been published by the Alternative Credit Council, the private credit affiliate of the Alternative Investment Management Association, and global law firm Dechert LLP, entitled: ‘In Partnership: Trends in Private Credit Fund Structuring how private credit fund managers are increasingly providing investors with customised exposure to the asset class’.
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