While hedge fund assets have been slowly recovering, the industry remains down nearly 20% from its market peak in July 2008. For hedge fund firms managing assets of $1 billion or more, they have been able to skip this slow recovery and continue to growth their asset base.
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New research from …
30 November 2011
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Recent research conducted by SEI indicates that fundamental changes are afoot in how pensions structure their portfolios.
26 August 2011
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Following up on Regulatory Notice 10-06, ‘FINRA’, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, has recently posted new guidance in the form of notice 11-39 on its website. The guidance attempts to answer additional questions regarding the original application of the rules as well as the finer points on how companies …
23 August 2011
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The Investment Company Institutute (‘ICI’) released weekly domestic US mutual fund flow figures through August 3, 2011 and it is not a pretty picture.
11 August 2011
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To date, actively managed ETFs are a very small portion of the overall U.S. listed ETF marketplace, making up only about 1% of assets. In fact, active ETFs in the fixed-income and currency categories are the only such offerings with any sort of commercial success, but that could soon be …
4 May 2011
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If you had any doubt that all client types of investment management firms are gravitating to the use of ETFs and ETNs, look no further than recent research from Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank.
26 January 2011
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According to the annual Pensions & Investments/Towers Watson global 500 ranking, over $16 Trillion dollars of total assets are controlled by the top 10 investments managers.
8 November 2010
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A study of the Spanish mutual fund marketplace has uncovered the possibility of a huge conflict of interest on behalf of some Asset Managers.
4 November 2010
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A selection of 6 noteworthy asset management industry news stories that you might have missed.
3 November 2010
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Many financial advisors who are independent or work for small to mid-size wealth managers do not have the luxury of an in-house marketing, research and writing staff. Now, advisors facing this situation are going to get assistance running a successful marketing and communication plan.
19 October 2010
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