Growth in demand for alternative asset classes is reflected in our survey of smaller specialist fund administrators.
Growth in demand for alternative asset classes is reflected in our survey of smaller specialist fund administrators.
Paris-based asset manager La Française said it attracted inflows of more the €3 billion during the first quarter of 2017.
Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager, this morning reported strong growth from international business during the first quarter (Q1) of the year.
Financial advisers would prefer property funds to suspend trading if the alternative meant selling assets at distressed prices, research has found.
Returns from global property funds fell about six percentage points last year with Europe funds ranking second lowest.
A Swiss investment boutique, Quaero Capital, has refocused its Real Assets fund to focus on infrastructure.
Fidelity International is on a recruitment drive to expand its UK and continental real estate business.
Liquidity management has been a key part of regulatory reform since the financial crisis in 2008.
The Luxembourg funds industry association, Alfi, holds its European Asset Management Conference this month. Funds Europe talked to participants and others in Luxembourg about relevant topics.
RPMI Railpen, which manages more than £25 billion (€28.8 billion) of pension assets on behalf of current and former UK rail employees, has appointed Matthew Howard to a new role as head of property asset management.
