April 01, 2018

Multi-asset fund performance has been under fire in the first quarter of 2018. Many investors were left underwhelmed by 2017 results and journalists have been on the front foot, as exemplified in this painful critique from Financial News.

• Diversifying Strategies
• Multi Asset
• Governance

Read more: Seven Shades of Multi-Asset

February 01, 2018

Investors today are being presented with an increasingly diverse and confusing menu of smart beta strategies. The newest products claim to incorporate the latest research innovations, particularly those concerning the construction and implementation of portfolios.

• Equity

Read more: Smart Beta - the Next Generation

January 01, 2018

Although CTAs bounced back in the fourth quarter of 2017, with the return of trending markets, full-year performance figures for managed futures have proven lacklustre, if considerably better than the broadly negative results of 2016.

• Fees
• Diversifying Strategies
• Hedge Funds

Read more: CTAs Deliver Strong Fundraising Despite Performance

November 01, 2017

Amid the latest round of Direct Lending fundraising, a disturbing theme has started to emerge. Many managers, it seems, are rather keen to lower their hurdle rates – the point at which lucrative catch-ups and performance fees kick in. It is a step that a number of their private equity counterparts have already taken.

• Fees
• Private Markets
• Private Debt

Read more: The Hurdle Rate Debate: Are Private Debt Managers Lowering the Bar?