With fixed income investors now looking towards ongoing—and performance-eroding—rises in interest rates, Asian USD bonds are drawing focus. These have, over time, demonstrated a persistent

Institutional investors around the globe shared how they are responding to pressing geopolitical and macroeconomic developments. With 418 investors from 39 countries taking place at the end of

Emerging Market Debt indices staged a significant drop in February. Active managers should have provided some protection against the damage—the average strategy was already underweight Russia at

bfinance’s quarterly report in February 2022: read the team’s latest insights on institutional investor activity, risk appetite, market developments and asset manager performance across all major

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

The bfinance 2022 Insurer Investment Survey provides a detailed look at key changes in insurance firms’ investment portfolios, risk exposures and resourcing/implementation.

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

A new study, featuring data from 120 wealth managers around the globe, identifies significant changes in investment capabilities, ESG integration and strategy.

As the global economy returns to growth and inflation accelerates, few investors can afford to be complacent about their fixed income exposures. Many investors, in seeking to mitigate current and

More investors are launching a dedicated investment vehicle to house assets rather than investing in a wide range of pooled funds, separately managed accounts or ‘funds-of-one’. Find out more

Investor demand for trade finance strategies has surged, with yield-hungry allocators eyeing opportunities in an ‘even lower for even longer’ rate climate.

Nordic and Dutch investors are shifting the ESG agenda decisively towards ‘impact’ – whether that takes the form of measuring non-financial portfolio outcomes ex post or targeting social and

Struggling for yield in a Covid 19-challenged world, investors are exploring China’s deep and diverse bond market. As structural impediments to onshore investment fall, foreign capital inflows

How are investors’ ESG priorities and practices changing? We surveyed 256 asset owners around the globe with assets in excess of US$7 trillion to discover which approaches they now use and

Securitised credit is attracting heightened attention from investors in the ‘lower for even longer’ climate. Read about the latest developments and available investment strategies, including a

A challenging period for factor investing has left investors scrutinising the performance of Alternative Risk Premia strategies. In a sector where benchmarking has been problematic, this

Systematic factor-based investing in fixed income is still in its early stages. This brief report reviews the critical challenges involved and the assesses landscape of available strategies.

As the global pandemic unfolds, 368 investors representing $11 trillion in assets share their lessons learned, key portfolio changes and expectations for the year.

In Late-July 2020, bfinance clients and other investors joined the research team (virtually, of course!) for a recap of active manager performance, portfolio positioning and investor activity in

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