Enfusion, a global cloud-native software-as-a-service (SaaS) has signed a record number of new fund manager clients so far in 2020, and onboarded new hires to support the increasing demand from institutional asset managers and hedge funds.
Four European equities funds managed by the international asset management arm of Berenberg private bank, have marked their three year anniversaries this month with consistent year-on-year outperformance against their benchmark indices.
Tradeweb has reported total trading volume for October of USD19.4 trillion (tn). Average daily volume (ADV) during the month was USD910.8 billion ( billion), up 28.8 per cent year over year (YoY) and represents Tradeweb’s second-highest month ever.
Trading turnover on the Swiss Stock Exchange was down 8.1 per cent in October compared to the previous month, reaching CHF118.6 billion, while the number of transactions decreased by 3.0 per cent to a total of 7,161,385.
Integral, a technology company in the foreign exchange market, has reported that average daily volumes (ADV) across its platforms totalled USD43.8 billion in October 2020. This represents an increase of 6.8 per cent compared to September 2020, and an increase of 20.3 per cent compared to the same period in 2019.
Institutional investment plans maintained positive returns in the third quarter of 2020 as global equity and bond markets posted strong gains, according to the Northern Trust Universe. Plan sponsors saw a median plan return of 5.1 per cent from 1 July to 30 September, 2020.
Overall fund flows for European mutual funds and ETFs amounted to estimated net inflows of EUR297.1 billion for the first nine months of 2020, according to data release by Refinitiv.
Almost all of the largest hubs for green finance are concentrated within Western Europe, a biannual index shows, with Amsterdam, Zurich, and London continuing to lead efforts to finance a sustainable future.
The has today published its latest monthly Investment Fund Industry Fact Sheet, which provides net sales data of UCITS and AIFs for August 2020*.
The tide may be starting to turn for Japanese equity funds, as Japanese companies’ cash-rich balance sheets and improvements in corporate governance reduce scepticism from global investors.