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What Excess Return Should We Expect from an Active Equity Portfolio?
Clarifying the Case for ‘Convex’ or ‘Divergent’ Hedge Fund Strategies
Manager Intelligence and Market Trends - November 2022
FTX Debacle Highlights Key Points for Investor Due Diligence
Infrastructure Investment at an Inflection Point
Three Carbon-cutting Pitfalls – and How to Avoid Them
Global Macro – Sector in Brief
DNA of a Manager Search: Impact Real Estate
Downturn Reveals Resilience of Alternative Risk Premia
Defensive Equities and Market Downturns
Manager Intelligence and Market Trends - August 2022
Returns plus Resilience? A Closer Look at Leveraged Finance
Portfolio Protection and Overlays: Time for a Rethink?
Entering Leveraged Loans? Three Implementation Questions to Answer
Insurer Investment Survey
The bfinance 2022 Insurer Investment Survey provides a detailed look at key changes in insurance firms’ investment portfolios, risk exposures and resourcing/implementation.
Commodities and CTAs Draw Focus as Inflation Spike...
Following an extended period of ‘low-flation’, many institutional investors entered 2021 with negligible exposure to so-called ‘inflation protection’ strategies such as inflation-linked bonds and commodities. A year later, with inflation climbing above 5% in a number of developed economies, we take a closer look at commodity and CTA performance.
Tackling the Committed Capital Conundrum
As investor allocations to illiquid strategies have boomed, the question of what to do with the capital that is committed to and returned from those strategies has become increasingly complex.
Amid Macro Problems, Will Global Macro Provide Ans...
Investors holding stakes in global macro hedge funds have not enjoyed an easy ride over the past decade. Yet as inflation surges, oil prices rise, vaccine rollouts stall and the US Federal Reserve signals an early end to its bond-buying program, these strategies are receiving more attention due to their reputed ability to profit in times of pain.
How Have Managers Performed in China’s Stock Slump...
China A-Shares and All Shares equity managers broadly failed to outperform falling markets in the third quarter of 2021 – a disappointment that may surprise onlookers, given that active managers have historically generated outstanding relative returns in this asset class.
Investment Management Fees - Capturing Price Evolu...
The latest edition in bfinance’s biennial Investment Management Fees series. New analysis highlights areas where investors may be able to benefit from pricing trends, with ESG/Impact at the forefront.
Manager Intelligence and Market Trends - November ...
bfinance’s quarterly report in November 2021: read the team’s latest insights on institutional investor activity, risk appetite, market developments and asset manager performance across all major asset classes.
Impact in Private Equity - Sector in Brief
‘Impact’ private equity investing has become a distinct sub-sector, with a rapidly-increasing universe of dedicated funds and a stream of new managers entering the space. This brief review introduces today’s strategies, funds and investment challenges.
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