Long-term US Treasury yields are predicted to rise even higher with a steeper yield curve as the economic outlook improves, with President-elect Joe Biden set to inject fresh fiscal stimulus after his inauguration on Wednesday.
Almost half of senior managers in the financial services sector are not aware of forced labour and exploitation in the UK, a new report has found.
The ‘social premium’ for investing in companies with good or improving social practices is rising, according to new research from US-based asset manager Federated Hermes.
As Europe’s asset management industry readies itself for sweeping reforms to sustainability regulations, leading finance lawyers Matthew Baker, Bernd Geier, and Chris Ormond from international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner say the reforms hold many exciting opportunities for asset managers.
Active equity funds celebrated their best month in five years in December, as data from funds network Calastone reveals that half of the month’s GBP1.7 billion investment flows in active equity went towards ESG funds.
Institutional investors are planning to increase allocations towards private markets in 2021, with a particular focus on small and medium-sized US private equity funds as well as venture capital, secondary and co-investment funds, according to Commonfund Capital’s fourth annual private markets investor sentiment survey.
Three early adopters of natural capital investing – HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management, Lombard Odier and Mirova – have come together to form a new alliance dedicated to growing natural capital as an investment theme.
A group of 15 leading institutional investors including Amundi, Man Group, and Brunel Pension Partnership have filed a shareholder resolution with HSBC, targeting the bank’s financing of coal assets.
In a year when many money managers were losing ground, Florida-based outfit GQG Partners were able to double assets under management to USD62 billion.
Consulting firms in the institutional investment industry, including Aon, SEI, and Verus, have formed an action group to target gender and ethnic diversity within investment teams.
The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, has predicted that the “revolution” in monetary and fiscal policy spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic will dampen government bond real yields in 2021. The asset manager favours inflation-linked bonds, as well as risk assets such as equities and high-yield credit.
Business disruption, cybersecurity challenges and greater compliance burdens have long been acknowledged as being among the foremost operational challenges facing the hedge fund, private equity and investment management industries.
