24 Jun 2015
Global economy inching upward but recovery remains uneven, says PineBridge Investments
PineBridge Investments has released its annual Investment Outlook Mid-Year Update – “The Global Economy Slowly Inches Upward," which finds…
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19 Jun 2015
Financial services industry proposes timeline for US T+2 settlement cycle
The T+2 Industry Steering Committee (T+2 ISC) has released a white paper outlining the timeline and activities required to move to a…
16 Jun 2015
Mid-sized HFAs reduce the size advantage of bank-owned peers
Over the last 15 years the fund administration industry has been dominated by the big banking behemoths at one end of the scale and small…
Independents must guard against choking talented start-ups
Focusing on bank-owned administrators, nobody knows the precise reasons as to why investment banks have been vacating the hedge fund…
Large funds continue to rely on bank-owned administrators
In a report published by eVestment last March (Alternative Fund Administrator Survey 2014), 95 per cent of respondents answered `yes' when…
Acquisitions fuel potential alternative asset growth
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services LLC (USBFS) is finalising two significant integrations: AIS Fund Administration, which it acquired in 2012; and…
It’s not just about administration anymore
By Chris Kundro, Senior Vice President, Head of Wells Fargo Global Fund Services – There should be little surprise regarding the on-going…
Broadening services for real estate funds
BNY Mellon is a prominent investment company in the financial industry. It has a market capitalisation of USD45 billion and is one of the…
Benefiting from admin musical chairs
There are plenty of push and pull factors influencing hedge fund administrators but whilst there are those who are getting distracted by…
Administrators need to reclaim lost ground
According to Mark Hedderman (pictured), CEO of Custom House Fund Services, the hedge fund administration industry needs a moment to reflect…
Independent administrators need to be brave on pricing
According to a report produced last August by PwC entitled ‘Hedge Fund Administration – The quest for profitable growth’, there have been…
Boutique Investment Managers outperform over past two decades, says AMG study
Active boutique investment managers have consistently outperformed both non-boutique peers and indices over the past twenty years, in many…
11 Jun 2015
CFA responds to FEMR report
The CFA Society of the UK (CFA UK) has responded to the Fair and Efficient Markets Review (FEMR” report on behalf of its 11,000 members.The…
Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect success hinges on removing barriers to participation
The long-term success of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect (SHSC) hinges on removing the many barriers to participation, including…
10 Jun 2015
Hedge funds add USD950m in April after shedding USD750m in March
The hedge fund industry took in USD950 million (0.04 per cent of assets) in April, reversing March’s outflow of USD750 million (0.03 per…
