The importance of ESG investing for alternative asset classes is set to escalate, according to a 2021 Funds Europe/Jersey Finance survey. Ninety-five percent of respondents to the survey said they considered ESG factors to be important for alternative investment strategies, with 47% deeming them to be critically important.
Axa Investment Managers is to streamline the custody service provided for its UK retail funds.
Fund services group Apex has acquired fund administrator Mainstream Group, prevailing over fellow fund services provider SS&C in a months-long bidding battle.
Institutional investors and wealth managers who have experimented with crypto markets expect to increase exposure, according to research.
Fund management firms in a sample study were not implementing rules that should demonstrate how much value they provide to clients.
Cryptocurrency ETFs were the only product structure in the crypto universe that saw a net increase in assets during the first three weeks of June.
Cyprus is gaining confidence that it’s ‘one fund at a time’ policy of growing the nation’s funds industry is working.
The UK financial regulator is seeking to toughen climate-related disclosures for asset managers, saying the current system did not meet investor needs.
Fundsmith, a high profile UK fund manager, has appointed Northern Trust for asset servicing covering its Luxembourg-domiciled funds.
Waystone, a third-party management company (ManCo) provider, says it is extending its services from the fund level to the corporate level following a four-way merger between compliance providers.
