FTSE launches new smart factor index range
The FTSE group has launched a new series of benchmarks designed to allow investors a more nuanced view of various investment factors.
Alternatives
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pa analysis royal mail ipo aim
The headline IPO story of the moment is Royal Mail’s floatation that values the business at pushing £4bn.
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pa analysis defensive portfolios alternatives
Active management during the first half of the year – most notably in the period around Ben Bernanke’s comments on the tapering of QE on 22 May – contributed to portfolio managers ending the period up despite most markets falling.
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Alternatives investors shun performance fee funds
Funds with low fees account for three-quarters of assets under management in the alternative Ucits sector, indicating costs are a key consideration for “hedge fund-lite” investors, a study has found.
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alternative ucits strategies grow in q2
The volume of assets in alternative Ucits strategies reached 82.5bn at the end of the second quarter of this year.
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pa analysis alternatives more than collection
Alternatives make up an increasingly important part of multi-asset strategies but investors still need greater transparency into what they are and how they affect the all-important returns of their portfolio.
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investors facing lack of alternatives
The problem with alternatives is that they have not always lived up to their name in offering real diversification away from mainstream asset classes.
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syz and co develops new cta based proposition
Syz & Co has combined managed futures strategies with an active management style to develop a new proposition aimed at institutional investors.
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tames river boosts kinsey quick team
Thames River has added to its Multi-Alternatives team with a new hire from Deutsche Bank.
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alternative investment variation of mainstream
Alternative investing used to be fairly clear-cut – anything other than equities, bonds, property and cash – but now even these are arguably ‘alternative’.
