(Opalesque) Next year could be shaping up to be a big year for multi-asset funds. According to a recent survey conducted by Insight Investments, institutional investors are planning to increase allocations to active managers and are interested in multi-asset strategies. […]

(Opalesque) LRI Group, an independent investment services company, has added six new managers to their UCITS Platform, forecasting approximately EUR 12bn Assets under Management (AuM) in 2017, despite on-going complexities facing the fund management industry. Markets in 2017 have remained […]

(Bloomberg) Even a new U.S. president and rising geopolitical tensions couldn’t stop stock markets from marching higher. But that’s about to change, money managers say.A pullback in quantitative easing by central banks globally could trigger a downward spiral in asset […]

(Bloomberg) The Financial Conduct Authority started 84 of the probes this year, the most ever in a 12-month period, according to a freedom-of-information request by Bloomberg. The figure, which is based on cases started through Dec. 7, breaks last year’s […]

(Reuters) Hedge Fund firm Knight Vinke has increased its holding in Germany’s Uniper (UN01.DE) to 5.02 percent, adding it would not tender that stake to Finland’s Fortum (FORTUM.HE) as part of a 8.05 billion euro ($9.5 billion) takeover offer. Knight […]

(Bloomberg) Asia-focused hedge funds are set to beat their U.S. and European rivals for the fourth time in five years. Funds investing in Asia returned 15.6 percent through November, compared to 5.7 percent in North America and 6.5 percent in […]

(The Guardian) Hedge fund managers have failed to prevent the deportation of a convicted City analyst from China – nicknamed the billion-dollar brain – who, it is alleged, will exploit stolen computer codes if sent overseas. The highly unusual application […]

(Reuters) Whale Rock Capital Management, which has returned nearly 40 percent this year, has stopped accepting new capital after its assets grew to $2.5 billion, a person familiar with the hedge fund’s decision said. The Boston-based firm focuses on technology, […]

(Coin Desk) Banking giant Morgan Stanley has estimated that hedge funds invested a massive $2 billion in cryptocurrencies this year. According to Business Insider, the figure was released in a note entitled “Bitcoin Decoded” sent by Morgan Stanley to its […]

(CNBC) “We would have cut carried interest,” Cohn said Wednesday. “We probably tried 25 times.” He blamed resistance on Capitol Hill. “We hit opposition in that big white building with the dome at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue every […]

(Harvest) Mexican asset prices reflect current and potential economic and political risks. But a likely turn in the country’s economic cycle makes for a potentially attractive entry point for longer-term investors, and the financial sector may soon benefit. To read […]

(Harvest) At 10 years and counting, the US credit cycle appears to be nearing an end. Could a sweeping rewrite of the tax code keep it alive a little longer? Maybe. Credit cycles vary around the world and have distinct […]