The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT), together with PwC Luxembourg and with the active support of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), have jointly announced the publication of the second edition of the Crypto-Assets Management Survey, entitled “Crypto-Assets in Luxembourg: Persistence Amidst Headwinds”.
US public sector pension plan managers believe the plans they support will spend more on scenario modelling and stress testing in the next two years to help manage the increased risk of market shocks according to new research from Ortec Finance.
In a recent Crestbridge Alternative Managers’ Mood Index (CAMMI) survey, results highlighted the growing concern of investors in cybersecurity during the fundraising due diligence process in the fund management industry. The firm writes that the increasing reliance on digital systems and the rapid pace of technological innovation leaves the industry open to various cyber threats such as data breaches, ransomware attacks and phishing scams.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has published the findings of its social bonds survey, Investing in Inclusive Growth.
Cerulli Associates in the US writes that asset managers are pivoting from relying on mutual funds as their prime source of profitability to presenting new products and vehicles that financial advisers and their clients demand.
As fundraising among large institutions has run dry, demand among retail and small institutional investors has surged for private investments, says the US team at Cerulli Associates. Both factors are driving alternative asset managers’ interest in exploring client segments beyond the traditional large institutional investor.
New research from Managing Partners Group (MPG), the international asset management group, reveals 88 per cent of professional investors plan to increase their focus on yield as opposed to just focusing on growth in the next five years.
Cerulli Associates reports that asset managers that can develop innovative private asset products for private wealth channels are set to attract significant business over the next three to five years.
If any ESG doubters remain in the asset management world, assets inflows to responsible investment products may well force them to climb aboard the sustainable finance bandwagon.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has published the findings of its twelfth annual global insurance investment survey, Balancing with Yield on the Inflationary Tightrope.
