January 13, 2026

Wealth managers face mounting pressure to deliver more for less. Cost-aware clients, digital disruption and regulatory demands for “fair value” are turning fee compression into a defining challenge in private wealth – and turning the screw on margins.

• Fees
• Equity
• Fixed Income
• Currency
• Wealth

Read more: The Profitability Problem: Three Ways for Wealth Managers to Counter Fee Compression

November 27, 2025

US dollar volatility in 2025 and evolving macroeconomic conditions have led many investors to re-evaluate FX management. Yet, even as strategies evolve, bfinance data highlights weak oversight of costs in this space. Only one in five asset owners routinely review FX-related expenses, according to a recent poll, and many simply do not assess this subject at all – resulting in potential multi-million-dollar cost leakage for many pension schemes and other institutional investors.

• Hedge Funds
• Currency

Read more: As Investors Rethink FX, Are Hidden Costs Being Overlooked?

November 11, 2025

One-year returns are back in positive territory for Core and Core-plus real estate funds, while industry figures continue to encourage a narrative of asset class resurgence after a historic dislocation.

• Private Markets
• Real Assets
• Real Estate

Read more: Back in the Black? Real Estate 'Recovery' Raises Strategy Selection Questions

November 04, 2025

How can investors guard against the risk of underperformance in semi-liquid private market funds? While some degree of liquidity-related performance drag may be intrinsically necessary (and indeed acceptable), sub-optimal practices can greatly exacerbate the risk of inferior results. Tight scrutiny of governance, liquidity management and cost can help to close the gap.

• Private Markets
• Private Equity
• Private Debt
• Real Assets
• Real Estate
• Infrastructure
• Wealth

Read more: Investors Must Scrutinize ‘Performance Detractors’ in Semi-liquid Private Markets