A new study from fintech Exabel asked portfolio managers and investment analysts who focus on fundamental investing on their use of alternative data and found that just 23 per cent described their organisation’s process for using it as ‘excellent’. Some 63 per cent described it as good, but around one in eight (12 per cent) said it was average.
Data from PwC show that the UK saw 4,232 M&A deals across 2022, compared to 5,033 for the previous year, representing a 16 per cent decline.
Kam Patel, CEO of Custodiex, writes the 2023 will be the year of custody.
When your fund has outperformed its benchmark by 56.56 per cent in the three years to 22 February and returned 111.55 per cent since launch in 2015, you can be forgiven for caring little about macroeconomic conditions.
David Vafai, CEO, and co-founder, of bfinance is looking forward to the ‘galvanising catalyst’ for the team that its latest MBO from Baird Capital represents, which will see around half the employees with equity participation in the firm.
In March last year, US investment bank Cowen became one of the first Wall Street firms to offer trade execution in digital assets for institutional investors with the launch of Cowen Digital. The firm outlines its strategy for growth after an eventful first year in the digital assets space, and its expectations for the emergence of a more robust institutional marketplace.
New research with UK real estate management professionals conducted by Deepki, the ESG data intelligence firm, shows that almost half (44 per cent) believe that fund managers have the greatest influence when it comes to improving the ESG credentials of commercial real estate, followed by those using the buildings — occupiers (42 per cent), and their employees (36 per cent).
Payden & Rygel’s Kristin J Ceva writes that it is important to start out with establishing what Emerging Markets are not.
The management team of global investment consultancy bfinance has undertaken a buyout of the firm, with the purchase of a 51 per cent stake formerly held by Baird Capital. The transaction has been supported by Beach Point Capital Management.
A resounding majority of institutional investors (74 per cent) plans to increase its use of DeFi in the next 11 months, according to a new survey by Avantgarde, a provider of asset management solutions.
