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UK pensions not fussed about in-housing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... conjunction with Professional Pensions magazine. Despite the overall trend, the paper - which is titled 'European Institutional Dynamics 2016: Keys to Success for Pensions and Insurance Business' - found that some pension schemes are developing in-house ...

Super fund asset class performance disappoints

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
... members. In these classes over 90% of products have returned less than the index. Rainmaker said there are a number of dynamics of the current market environment which brings pressure to bear on superannuation funds in context to these results. "Firstly ...

Tribeca announces new appointment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
... generating consistent absolute return performance in a risk aware manner. As such, he has deep knowledge of global market dynamics and strong connectivity within the focus markets of the fund." Evans holds Bachelor of Business (Finance/Accounting) from ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... that central banks' policy largesse are becoming an exercise in futility. All these are in the past. The Fed changed the dynamics in March as elucidated by Chair Janet in her speech at the Economic Club of New York on the 29th of March: "...the median ...

Lack of scaleability curbs hedge fund appeal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... offer - something made even more crucial given how the Quantitative Easing programs in the US have distorted the normal dynamics of the global fixed interest markets. "There is still a profound need to diversify your sources of alpha. Investors have ...

Lift then back to zero (even negative)?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... we're just going to end up back here anyway?" But the point is that this lift-off would create new economic and market dynamics - good or bad, I'm not sure, but certainly different from the ones the fed unconventional policies created. If it's bad, then ...

Hedge funds under cost pressure from brokers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... increasing the number of relationships they have to reduce counterparty capacity risk. As a result of these shifting industry dynamics, we are seeing an increasing need for hedge funds to dedicate individuals to manage their counterparty risk, collateral ...

Fed will lift later this year if...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015
... closing bell has already rung even before US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen uttered her first word on "Inflation Dynamics and Monetary Policy" at the At the Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture, University of Massachusetts, overnight. Then again, Wall ...

So bad it could only be good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015
... (in dollar terms) year-on-year, while exports were 5.5% lower." These suggest that both China's internal and external dynamics are shot. The sharp drop in imports validates slowing domestic demand in the Chinese economy. Expect further weakness in Beijing's ...

Aberdeen launches $700m liquid alternatives fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
... over 15 years and our portfolio is about 5% ahead of cash after fees since 2008. But the counter-pressure is industry dynamics around fees."