Gillian Tan, executive director, financial markets development department at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, explains how it studied and adapted the best-in-class features from leading fund domiciles to cater to the needs of the city-state’s fund managers.
Franklin Templeton is to buy Legg Mason – a deal that will create an asset manager with over $1 trillion of assets under management (AUM).
Equities led bond inflows in Europe’s exchange-traded fund sector in January.
Spanish investors piled out of equity funds and into fixed income in January. Global equity and Spanish equity funds saw €230 million and €194 million of redemptions, respectively, according to the local funds body.
Nearly half of Nordic institutional investors currently invest in impact funds – but on average allocate only a small part of their portfolios to these kinds of strategies, according to a study by NN Investment Partners (NN IP).
Jupiter Fund Management is to buy its rival UK fund manager Merian Global Investors through the issuance of £370 million (€444 million) of new shares.
Real estate funds are under scrutiny for a lack of liquidity in some vehicles. A “structural vulnerability risk” exists in the real estate funds sector, according to a recent report by the European Securities and Markets Authority.
Nicholas Pratt talks to Gresham House’s CTO and COO, Andrew Hampshire (pictured), about bringing digital technology to the alternative investment world.
Nicholas Pratt examines whether the growing use of APIs will herald a new era of open innovation in the asset management world.
Lyxor has launched three exchange-traded funds (ETFs) designed to provide sustainable exposure to high yield bonds.
