The financial crisis ushered in a new era of unlisted infrastructure investment. Three trends - high appetite for illiquid investments, the desire to reduce equity risk exposure after the lessons of 2008 and the subsequent need for income generation in an era of low rates - converged to create a ‘perfect storm’ of demand.
We were recently invited by FT’s Pensions Expert to provide an article debating the potentially thorny question: Is ESG Compatible with the Rise of Passive Management? This brainteaser was born out of a plausible tension between two of this decade’s most significant trends.
The year was 2009. Amid a climate of investor cynicism, disappointment and self-examination, two papers were published that would fundamentally change the way that the investment industry viewed active equity management.
Lire la suite : Will the ‘Real Active Managers’ Please Stand Up?
The resurgence of investor appetite for emerging markets is proving to be the most significant allocation trend of 2017, at least according to bfinance data on new mandates.
Lire la suite : Emerging Market Equity and the ESG Challenge
Investors' costs have never been more vigilantly scrutinised than they are today. New bfinance data published in investment Management Fees: New Savings, New Challenges (May 2017) reveals falling fees in several sectors, especially where providers have been under pressure from cheaper competitors or the investment landscape has evolved.
Lire la suite : Fund of Hedge Funds Cut Fees to Regain Lost Ground
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