April 2016

US BONDS: Running out of energy

David Stevenson -

After two years of dire performance, fund managers are feeling better about the US high yield bond sector, but only when energy firms are...

DEFINED CONTRIBUTIONS: Dealing with loss aversion

Nick Fitzpatrick -

DC plan design has evolved to incentivise younger people to get into the savings habit and remain invested, even through difficult market conditions. Nick...

HEDGE FUNDS: The resurrection of merger arbitrage

David Stevenson -

Merger arbitrage, an original darling of hedge fund strategies, has gone through some tough times. With Ucits versions of the strategy liquidating, David Stevenson...

SMART BETA: The madding crowd

Kit Klarenberg -

Some of the original architects of smart beta are anxious about the market becoming overcrowded. Should investors be too? Kit Klarenberg investigates. The ascent of...

LEGAL EASE: The impact of Brexit on fund management

Funds Global MENA -

June 23 looms large and there is significant consideration being given within the asset management industry to what its impact might be. As post-Brexit...

FUND ADMINISTRATION: Alternative lifestyles

Nik Pratt -

Alternative funds are increasingly en vogue with institutional investors thanks to tighter regulation and greater oversight. Nicholas Pratt looks at how fund administrators are...

CROSS-BORDER FUND ADMINISTRATION: Raising liquids in Ireland and Luxembourg

Nik Pratt -

Two fund structures that asset managers may want their administrators to support are Ireland’s Icav and Luxembourg’s Raif, which each country has developed to...

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