The main issue facing the logistics and industrial sector, aside from climate change, is this lack of assets, according to Jonathan Holland, senior fund manager at LGIM Real Assets.
The main issue facing the logistics and industrial sector, aside from climate change, is this lack of assets, according to Jonathan Holland, senior fund manager at LGIM Real Assets.
Hampered by a lack of standardisation, the securities finance market is now undergoing a technological transformation that aims to reduce fragmentation, lower risks and increase revenues for many actors, finds Bob Currie.
The Bottleneck
Fund raising by infrastructure fund managers is at an all-time high but so is the amount of funds raised that has not been invested. The amount of so-called ‘dry powder’ has been multiplied by three in ten years and now stands at more than USD200bn.
European investors bought into risk assets in January, despite a worsening situation with covid-19 at the time.
Despite a boost in optimism following the approval of Covid-19 vaccines towards the end of 2020, six out of ten fund selectors believe that the ‘new normal’ is here to stay, a survey by Natixis Investment Managers has found.
Jersey’s financial regulator has revealed that Neil Woodford has not applied for authorisation for his new venture WCM Partners.
Allfunds has signed a deal with software firm ConsenSys in a bid to streamline fund transfer processes between financial entities, intermediaries, and third-party payment systems using blockchain.
Equity flows dried up in January as uncertainty sparked by the pandemic continued, with inflows falling by nearly 100% month-on-month.
GameStop, the Texas-based video game and consumer electronics retailers, has become a celebrated name in the investment press over the past few weeks – although not for reasons it will necessarily celebrate.
When retail investors took on Wall Street last week (Jan 25) by buying up stocks in video game retailer GameStop, it sent ripples through markets as the loss-making company’s share price skyrocketed.
