The negative correlation between bond and equity returns is taken as scripture in financial markets. But Capital Fund Management (CFM) warns that the times may be changing. The negative correlation between bond and equity returns is the (relatively) simple
Australia’s direct lending market is set to take off as the big banks withdraw and investors realise the vast opportunities offered by the businesses that form the backbone of corporate Australia. “We want to grow this market, because we believe
Imminent climate disclosure obligations could dent fund manager profits by up to 1 per cent while increasing retail manager fees as much as 2.2 per cent, according to an NZ Government report. Analysis by New Zealand’s Ministry of Business, Innovation
The investment world has its fair share of clever spin doctors, such as the investment banks behind the ‘BRICs’ and ‘PIGS’ of years past. Some intriguing labels are now coming out of the budding impact investing sector. Mark Berryman, the
Early stage investors are starting to broaden their appetite for carbon-reducing new technologies, looking for opportunities in nascent industries such as plant-based foods. According to the latest figures from Preqin, the global alternatives research house, the value of capital raisings
The term ‘big data’ has not resonated with investors in the way that the term ‘artificial intelligence’ has. Marrying the two helps. Now applying them to the ESG trend helps a lot more. Andy Moniz, a quantitative fund manager with
The sixth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has lit a fire under fund managers – literally. The problem is figuring out what they can do about it. “In order to get to any kind of stable
With an uptick in interest in hedge funds following better performance during covid-19, bfinance has produced a study on how big investors have adapted their hedge fund portfolios. The global manager search and research firm says that institutional investor sentiment
A new academic paper has labeled most investment strategy research as statistically flawed, equating finance industry back-tested analyses with the now-debunked historical medical studies funded by ‘big tobacco’. In the study titled ‘Finance is not excused: why finance should not
The public facing aspects of Your Future Your Super (YFYS) risk creating a “pseudo ‘best in show’, according to new research from Deloitte. The research, titled “New ways to judge the past”, highlights a number of mostly unexamined pain points
The negative correlation between bond and equity returns is taken as scripture in financial markets. But Capital Fund
Australia’s direct lending market is set to take off as the big banks withdraw and investors realise the
Imminent climate disclosure obligations could dent fund manager profits by up to 1 per cent while increasing retail
The investment world has its fair share of clever spin doctors, such as the investment banks behind the
Early stage investors are starting to broaden their appetite for carbon-reducing new technologies, looking for opportunities in nascent
The term ‘big data’ has not resonated with investors in the way that the term ‘artificial intelligence’ has.
The sixth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has lit a fire under fund managers
With an uptick in interest in hedge funds following better performance during covid-19, bfinance has produced a study
A new academic paper has labeled most investment strategy research as statistically flawed, equating finance industry back-tested analyses
The public facing aspects of Your Future Your Super (YFYS) risk creating a “pseudo ‘best in show’, according
