Keyword: hedge fund

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Customized hedge funds growing in popularity: survey

In the hedge fund market, customized products are growing in popularity, leading institutional investors to optimize existing relationships and strengthen partnerships with a more concentrated group of managers, according to a survey by Credit Suisse Group. The survey, which polled 310 global institutional investors, found 58 per cent of allocations made over the last 12 to 18 […]

  • By: Staff
  • May 3, 2019 January 9, 2021
  • 09:00
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While shareholder activism is a hot topic among institutional investors, where hedge funds are concerned, it doesn’t seem to have much impact on investee company profitability, according to a paper by J.B. Heaton, an independent financial economics researcher. Hedge fund activism is a great story, one that investors can wrap their heads around, says Heaton. […]

What trends are dominating private assets for 2019?

As alternative investments become ubiquitous among institutional portfolios, harnessing the right strategies will make all the difference in an environment where returns are proving harder to find, said John Gray, partner at Adams Street Partners.  “In a world where everybody needs return . . . people are ramping up their allocations to private equity,” he […]

‘Worst calendar year performance’ for U.S. institutional plans since 2008: report

Institutional plan sponsors lost a median of 3.8 per cent in 2018, as losses in the fourth quarter of the year dragged down returns, according to new data by Northern Trust Corp. The Northern Trust Universe, which tracks the performance of about 300 large U.S. institutional investment plans with a combined asset value of about $925.7 billion, found […]

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  • February 4, 2019 September 13, 2019
  • 15:15
Northern Trust launches alternative fund services

Northern Trust Corp. is introducing an alternative fund services business for North America, aimed at addressing the needs of the evolving alternative asset management industry. Peter Sanchez, who has led the company’s hedge fund services since 2011, will lead the new business, which is part of Northern Trust’s corporate and institutional services. “Bringing private equity and hedge fund services […]

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  • July 16, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 16:15
Institutional investors more trusting of financial services than retail investors: survey

Global institutional investors are more trusting of the financial services sector than their retail counterparts, according to a new survey by the CFA Institute. The survey, which polled more than 800 institutional investors and about 3,000 retail investors, also found institutions are more trusting of every industry in which they might invest. The majority (85 per cent) of […]

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  • April 12, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 08:30
Global institutional investors favoured real estate, private equity in 2017: survey

Eighty per cent of global institutional investors were invested in alternative assets in 2017 and more than half (52 per cent) were invested in three or more alternative asset classes, according to new research by Preqin Ltd. The asset classes with the highest engagement in 2017 were real estate (59 per cent) and private equity (58 per cent), […]

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  • March 6, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 16:30
Hedge fund allocations expected to decrease, despite rise in portfolio performance: survey

Nearly half (45 per cent) of global institutional investors reported that their hedge fund portfolios had reached or exceeded expectations as of June 2017, compared to just 21 per cent that said the same at the mid-year mark in 2016, according to new research by Preqin Ltd. As such, the majority of investors now hold […]

  • By: Staff
  • September 25, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 09:00
2017 Global Investment Conference: When the mispricing is right

It can be difficult to find real alpha opportunities, which are based on consistently harvestable mispricings rather than a manager’s hard-to-replicate intuition. Certainly, the pages of the financial press are littered with tales of hedge fund managers whose hot hands have now gone cold. But there does seem to be some method — and returns […]

Median Ontario DB solvency falls to 89% in second quarter

After seeing some progress in recent months, defined benefit pension plans in Ontario saw a drop in solvency levels during the second quarter. According to the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, the median solvency ratio was 89 per cent as of June 30. That was down from 93 per cent on March 31, 2017. Only […]

  • By: Staff
  • August 3, 2017 September 13, 2019
  • 08:22