Morningstar Indexes has conducted a survey of significant asset owners, with Thomas Kuh, Head of ESG Strategy for Morningstar Indexes, commenting on the investment insights that can be drawn from the findings. The survey revealed that the ongoing political campaign in the US to ‘cancel’ ESG investment approaches is among the issues on the minds of asset owners.
Mike Carrodus, CEO of Substantive Research, a research analytics provider for the buy side, has commented on the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s speech at the Mansion House this week.
Since William Sharpe devised the single-factor model on which to base stock selection in 1963, factor-based investing has evolved to include more than 400 individual elements which may influence asset pricing.
Octopus Investments (Octopus), part of the Octopus Group announces it has launched a Pre-Seed Deep Tech Fund. The UK-domiciled fund is targeting a fundraise of GBP40 million.
Gathering robust, reliable and timely data to inform ESG investment decisions remains a persistent problem for asset managers and their investors.
Dave Hooker, Senior Portfolio Manager, Fixed Income Group, Insight Investment writes that over the months ahead, headlines are likely to focus on moderating rates of inflation and growing hopes that central banks can start to ease monetary policy.
In one of the first sessions of IMPower Fund Forum’s two day event this year in the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo, Hermin Hologan, EMEIA Wealth & Asset Management Leader, EY, attempted to define seven trends that are shaping the investment management industry, along with his panel of Stefanie Drews, President, Nikko Asset Management, Fadi Abuali, CEO Goldman Sachs Asset Management International, Pete Cherecwich, President of Asset Servicing, Northern Trust and Darko Hajdukovic, Head of New Primary Markets, London Stock Exchange.
The number of women on FTSE All-Share boards has continued to rise this year (40 per cent), but a new report released today highlights deep concerns about the lack of skills and diversity of expertise among FTSE All-Share executive board members. New data reveals that just 2.3 per cent of executive board members hold positions other than CEO, CFO or Company Secretary and only 10 per cent of executive board directors are women.
Laser Digital, Nomura’s digital asset subsidiary, has published the results of an independent global survey of hedge funds, representing over USD1 trillion in assets, and their attitudes to investing in digital and crypto asset markets.
Multi-managers are an established feature of the asset management scene having evolved over the last 15 years to become a useful tool in a portfolio diversified not only by asset class but by provider.
