Institutional investors favour emerging managers as allocations set to increase this year
April 21, 2017
Institutional investors and family offices will maintain their commitment to alternative asset managers this year, according to a survey.
Listed private equity set to shrug off financial crisis woes and become more popular with investors
March 2, 2017
Listed private equity appears to display a similar risk/reward profile as major equity indices, US real estate investment trusts (Reits) and other equity classes over the long term.
Optimistic but challenging 2017 for private equity funds
February 16, 2017
Private equity firms are more optimistic about 2017, according to a survey by BDO.
Investors need smarter comparisons to benchmark evolving private equity fund structure performance
February 10, 2017
Fund level benchmarks that institutional investors have relied on to evaluate private equity managers and opportunities no longer provide a complete picture, according to Cambridge Associates.
Investors gaining risk appetite as they desert cash and go for real assets
February 8, 2017
Large institutional investors are expected to put cash to work in 2017, according to a BlackRock survey.
Banks to lose as asset managers move to others under Mifid II research unbundling in 2018
January 16, 2017
With less than a year before the markets in financial instruments directive (Mifid II) rules kick in, most asset managers are shifting research budgets away from the top nine investment banks.
Endowment and foundations see private equity as good investment opportunity
October 26, 2016
Almost half (43 per cent) of endowments and foundations say they will increase their allocations to private equity with over half (53 per cent) maintaining exposure.
Asset managers look to more automation of back office to help cut costs and improve efficiency
September 28, 2016
Improving automation of processes and regulatory reporting among top priorities for asset managers. Data centralisation is also another area targeted to help improve efficiency and cut reporting errors.
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