FTSE 100 DB pension schemes reach record GBP315 billion in bond holding
FTSE 100 defined benefits (DB) pension schemes have seen their bond allocation rise by circa GBP25 billion to a record GBP315 billion in the year to 30 September 2015, according research by JLT...
View ArticleOrtus Secured Finance to double commercial lending within 12 months
Ortus Secured Finance, the London-based commercial lender, says it plans to double its commercial lending to UK leisure sector businesses within the next 12 months.read more
View ArticleBaird posts record net revenues for sixth year in a row
Employee-owned wealth management, capital markets, private equity and asset management firm Baird has posted record net revenues of USD1.3 billion in 2015, a 7 per cent increase over 2014, despite...
View ArticleBats Global Markets reports strong March market share
Bats Global Markets (Bats) remained the No1 US market operatior for exchange traded fund trsading in March executing 25.8 per cent of the month’s ETF volume.read more
View ArticleSEI's UK Fiduciary Management business sees significant growth
SEI’s UK Fiduciary Management business has experienced significant growth in clients over the last 12 months (as of 31 March 2016). The company's UK office added 14 new pension schemes, all secured...
View ArticleInstitutional asset owners record modest Q1 gain, says Northern Trust
The first quarter marked the second consecutive gain for institutional asset owners after two consecutive losses beginning in the second quarter of 2015, with plan sponsors gaining approximately 0.7...
View ArticleUS dollar-denominated money market funds to see significant outflows in Q2...
Up to 50 per cent of remaining investor assets will likely leave US prime money market funds ahead of major regulatory reforms in October, says Moody's Investors Service. However, demand for euro prime...
View ArticleCTAs March dip continues into April, says Societe Generale Prime Services
Managed futures strategies continued to decline throughout April, following the challenging market conditions that started taking effect in February, registering another month of negative returns,...
View ArticleBTG Pactual reports 25 per cent increase in net income for the first quarter...
BTG Pactual has reported net income of BRL1.1 billion for the first quarter of 2016, up 25.4 per cent over the same period last year. Revenues were BRL3.6 billion, 84.2 per cent higher than in the...
View ArticleTrustees must take more effective action with investment strategies to avoid...
Spence and Partners, the UK actuaries and consultants, has urged trustees to take more proactive steps in order to avoid the kind of market volatility that caused BHS and TATA to struggle.read more
View ArticleNew PLSA guides focus on ‘obligations’ of LGPS membership
The number of employers such as universities, charities and housing associations joining the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) has grown rapidly in recent years to more than 10,000 (10,671) – with...
View ArticleEuropean structured products turnover grows to EUR31.2bn, says Eusipa
Exchange turnover in investment products and leverage products increased on Europe’s financial markets in the first quarter of 2016, growing 8 per cent compared with Q4 2015 to EUR31.2 billion. read more
View ArticleCTAs post third negative month in a row, says Societe Generale Prime Services
After a strong start to 2016, CTAs have now completed their third consecutive month of negative performance. All five daily indices that Societe Generale Prime Services calculates were down in May....
View ArticleInstitutional asset management industry sees out flows of USD95.4bn in Q1
eVestment’s Q1 2016 Institutional Investment Traditional Asset Flows Report shows net outflows from the industry of USD95.4 billion in the quarter, compared to outflows of USD137.1 billion reported in...
View ArticleHermes Multi Strategy Credit posts three years of strong risk-adjusted returns
Fraser Lundie (pictured), Co-Head of Credit at Hermes Investment Management, explains how the 16.8 per cent return of Hermes Multi Strategy Credit since its May 2013 inception has been achieved by...
View ArticleClearbrook Global Advisors doubles client mandates over the last year
Clearbrook Global Advisors, a privately held, independent investment advisory firm, has doubled the number of OCIO client mandates over the last year as a result of an increase in investor interest for...
View ArticleBlock Trading by asset managers hits six-year high, says TABB Group
According to TABB Group, block trading volume for asset managers rose to 19 per cent in 2015, surpassing levels last seen in 2009 due to changes in investment strategies, access to new liquidity...
View ArticleINDOS assets under depositary grow by 160 per cent year on year
UK-based independent AIFMD depositary INDOS Financial has recorded a 160 per cent increase in assets under depositary from September 2015 to end-September 2016 of USD8 billion to a total of USD13...
View ArticleManulife Asset Management sees growth in profit and AUM
Manulife Asset Management has seen growth in both sales and assets under management (AUM) during 2016, with total global assets managed by the firm at USD450 billion as of 30 September, 2016, up 10 per...
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