State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation, has published the results of a global survey of institutional investors on how they view the fixed income market and how they are allocating their investments amid the ongoing market volatility.
Global insurers are innovating their investment approaches amidst rapidly changing market conditions this year, focusing on resilient portfolio construction, liquidity management, and integrated technology, according to BlackRock’s 11th annual Global Insurance Report.
Asset management firm Invesco has published the findings of its seventh annual Invesco Global Factor Investing Study. The study is based on interviews with 151 institutional and retail factor practitioners managing over USD25.4 trillion in assets combined.
News came this week that a new company, Private Markets Alpha (PM Alpha), has been recently launched, dedicated to improving access to private markets for the global wealth management industry.
Independent investment consultancy bfinance has released a new report on ‘impact real estate’, providing insight on the different types of strategy available and key risks within this fast-growing sector.
Welcome to our new look Institutional Asset Manager site, launched this week with a new design and on a new platform. We will be bringing you our 2022 awards this week, with categories to vote on drawn from service providers and asset managers in the institutional asset management world.
The firm says the CI ETF 1 vehicle, which was oversubscribed on the back of strong demand from institutional investors, is the largest dedicated clean hydrogen fund globally – underlining the strength of global investor appetite for energy transition investments.
Along with other luminaries like George Soros and Michael Steinhardt, Robertson’s Tiger operation spearheaded the rise of the hedge fund industry in the 1980s and 1990s as a major new force in asset management – generating heady returns for its investors, and spawning the emergence of a whole swathe of talented managers who went on to found their own successful investment firms.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sparked a seemingly unprecedented, united response from the West, consisting of a barrage of economic sanctions on Russia. Never shy to offer predictions, commentators quickly sounded the death knell for globalisation and the reserve currency reign of the U.S. dollar.
The country’s Government Pension Fund Global – also known as the Oil Fund – reported its biggest loss in asset value terms, as a -14 per cent negative return in H1 reduced the fund’s assets by around USD175 billion over the six-month period to some USD1.2 trillion.
