29 april 2024

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 partners at the right price. Head of Research, Olivier Cassin, shares his ‘top three’ trends affecting manager selectors in 2024.

• ESG
• Private Markets
• Risk
• Manager Selection

Lees meer: Asset Manager Selectors: Three Themes to Watch in 2024

04 april 2024

Although two years have now passed since the Federal Reserve started rapidly hiking interest rates, the likelihood that your hedge fund manager will have a ‘hurdle rate’ for their performance fees has not changed.

• Fees
• Private Markets
• Hedge Funds
• Manager Selection

Lees meer: Money for Nothing? Hedge Funds Haven’t Budged on Hurdle Rates (Yet)

29 februari 2024

Pension regulators around the globe are sending clear messages that investors must strengthen their operational frameworks and that trustees can be held accountable if they do not.

• Private Markets
• Hedge Funds
• Governance
• Manager Selection
• Operational Risk

Lees meer: As Operational Risks Evolve, Investors Must Scrutinise Service Providers

19 februari 2024

Last month brought the announcement of a new Chief Investment Officer for London CIV – one of the eight asset pooling companies for the UK’s Local Government Pension Scheme, and the one with by far the largest number of Client Funds (thirty two).

• ESG
• Governance
• Investor Spotlight
• Portfolio Design
• Strategic Asset Allocation

Lees meer: Investor Spotlight: New London CIV CIO Champions Client-centred Thinking