Nearly 40% of assets under management in the EU funds industry is made up of alternative investment funds (AIFs), latest figures show.
Nearly 40% of assets under management in the EU funds industry is made up of alternative investment funds (AIFs), latest figures show.
Investec’s Richard Garland talks to Tim Steele about an industry adjusting to fee pressure and which is now at a Napster-style inflection point.
In Europe, assets from advisers should match those from institutions, says Investec’s Richard Garland. He tells George Mitton how to make it happen.
Banque de Luxembourg Investments (BLI) has expanded its multi-management fund selection team, recruiting Amélie Morel and Jean-Baptiste Fargeau as fund analysts.
Options, a specialist provider of IT infrastructure services to the global capital markets industry, has appointed Jon Lambert to the position of chief financial officer (CFO).
The funds industry and regulators appear to have mastered the annual Annex IV reporting exercise for alternative funds.
Richard Garland is spearheading Investec Asset Management’s international distributor business. It’s a simple plan, finds Nick Fitzpatrick.
Multi-asset funds have been a popular choice for investors for some time. With recent market ructions, David Stevenson finds out how these funds are coping in difficult conditions.
Funds of funds that invest in non-listed real estate – and returned a disappointing 0.2% two years ago - have moved back to “prominence as a key area of interest for institutional investors”, it is claimed, after the sector made a total return of 8% last year.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Investors expect every step in the fund transaction processing life-cycle to be robust and transparent. Does this call for superhero powers or is there another way?
