When your target market is retail investors seeking an alternative source of fixed income in a world where traditional bonds offer little in the way of return – as was the case post global financial crisis – the hikes in interest rates since 2021 brought unwelcome change.
IAM is very pleased to announce the opening of the voting process for the Institutional Asset Manager service provider awards for 2024. Follow this link to place your votes for your favourite firms.
The new Labour government has launched a GBP7.3 billion National Wealth Fund which will target private capital to support the UK’s growth ambitions.
Matthew Page, Portfolio Manager, Guinness Global Innovators Fund, writes that semiconductors act as one of the fundamental building blocks for technological advancement.
New research published today by the CFA Institute Research and Policy Centre analyses the many challenges implicit in transition finance as a mechanism for the decarbonisation of carbon-intensive sectors such as aviation, shipping, trucking, steel, cement, aluminium, and petrochemicals production.
Over the next two years, 99 per cent of fund managers believe it will become much harder to navigate regulatory complexities, and this will fuel greater levels of outsourcing and a stronger focus on innovation. This is according to new research from Carne Group, a leader in fund regulation and governance solutions for the asset management industry.
Fixed income’s return to favour following widespread interest rate rises has led to investors overcrowding sterling investment grade credit, delegates at the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association investment conference have heard.
RQI Investors, an Australian-based active quantitative equities manager and part of the First Sentier Investors Group, has launched across the UK and continental Europe to coincide with its 15-year anniversary in Australia.
Confidence in the continuing strength of bitcoin and Ethereum is driving wider interest in altcoins and other digital assets, according to new global research by London-based Nickel Digital Asset Management (Nickel).
Giuseppe Corsini, Partner of Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services in PwC Luxembourg writes that the ASPI Critical Technology Tracker, which monitors 64 cutting-edge technologies globally, highlights Europe’s absence as a leader in any key development area, with only Germany, Italy, France, and the Netherlands sporadically appearing as top contributors to high-impact research.
