A major shift is underway at Alberta Investment Management Corporation. The provincially-owned investment manager has commenced a comprehensive overhaul of systems that will support

The Global Sukuk market has evolved significantly in recent years, as investors search for new and innovative routes to positive returns while navigating a landscape riddled with economic and

A growing roster of hedge funds now offer tail protection—positive performance in down markets—but with an all-weather profile to avoid losses during benign periods. This type of Long Volatility

The 2023-4 period has brought new challenges for institutional investors, affecting both strategy and investment manager selection – the task of identifying the right products and the right

Active currency overlays and ‘currency for alpha’ managers struggled for much of the ‘ZIRP’ era. Now, divergence between major currencies has brought heightened FX risk for investors – but also

Following a fundamental shift in macroeconomic conditions, we weigh up the attractions of small cap equities in an era of lower economic growth and elevated inflation and revisit the case for

BlackRock, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Sequoia Capital are among the named investors of FTX — the Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange whose collapse has made headlines across the

Following the considerable market losses endured in the first half of 2022, investors are taking the opportunity to weigh their own results and reassess resilience. Portfolio diversification,

The profoundly altered work environment ushered in by COVID-19 has created new avenues for cyber-attacks—including collaboration tools, videoconferencing solutions, devices and cloud-based

Investors are demonstrating appetite for small cap equity strategies late in the market cycle. Yet the motivations for seeking small cap are evolving and the product universe has changed.

Recent bfinance reports highlight the extent to which style factors have driven equity returns through the COVID-19 crisis, with value materially underperforming at one end and quality delivering

The latest edition in bfinance’s biennial Investment Management Fees series. New analysis highlights areas where investors may be able to benefit from pricing trends, with ESG/Impact at the

With large volumes of BBB credits either undergoing or set to undergo downgrades which knock them off the investment grade plinth, many investment grade bond managers are expecting “fallen

New research on 130+ opportunistic investment strategies targeting distress and dislocation amid the pandemic.

With investors honing in on the potential for greater operational efficiency, external fund hosting services are becoming increasingly popular, with a diverse range of banks, asset managers and

The latest edition in bfinance’s biennial Investment Management Fees series. New analysis highlights areas where investors may be able to benefit from pricing trends, with ESG/Impact at the

“Paying alpha fees for beta performance” has become an investor bugbear. This has created a need to differentiate more carefully between outperformance derived from established risk factors and

Amid the trend towards outsourced investment models such as fiduciary management, outsourced CIO (“OCIO”) and implemented consulting, Coface has developed a different approach – one that lets

The latest edition in bfinance’s biennial Investment Management Fees series. New analysis highlights areas where investors may be able to benefit from pricing trends, with ESG/Impact at the