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Natixis Global AM says in their study “Global Retirement Index 2015” that developed and emerging countries are getting more difficulties when securing their retirement systems. Asset managers should thus provide the right products.
The EU’s plan to invest 315 billion Euro in infrastructure may be a chance for insurance companies to participate in long-term projects and achieve substantial returns in times of low interest rates. A win-win-situation is possible.
Assets under Management in alternative UCITS have grow in the past year by 41 percent to 224.3 billion Euro, says Alceda. The grow in this market segment is expected to continue.
2015 is, according to a Moody’s paper, a year full of challenges for the German life insurance market. Low interest rates, the ECB’s QE-program as well as regulatory changes could drive small insurers out of business.
The hedge fund industry is optimistic: Managers are expecting high inflows if they can communicate the usefulness of their asset class. More about the findings of a State Street survey here.
According to Deutsche Bank Research, assets invested in ETFs have reached $2.64 trillion in 2014 due to record inflows. According to their paper, ETF assets will surpass the $3 trillion milestone within this year.
Over the past ten years, hedge funds have made about $1.5 trillion for their investors after fees, says the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA).
The US Exchange Traded Fund Industry has hit the $2 trillion of assets under management last year. Still, studies expect the ETF market to hit $5 trillion by 2020.
Investors switch from passive to active ETFs due to increasing volatility on the markets and the wish for a manager’s guidance. A total of $17 billion is now invested in active ETFs.
SEC officials say that private equity firms, which where subject to investigations three years ago, have fixed the most important deficiencies but their transparency could still be improved.
In 2014, US hedge funds have received net inflows not seen within the last seven years. The overall industry size is now close to $3 trillion, says hedge fund trackers HFR on Tuesday.
Currency speculators, global macro hedge funds and banks with short position in the Swiss Franc face massive losses after the SNB announced to remove the cap on their currency against the Euro.
Due to increasing start-up valuations and a record of venture-backed IPOs, investors got attracted to venture capital investments. VC-funds have received outstanding sums last year.
For hedge funds, 2014 was not a good year: Regardless of the index you look at, hedge funds have not outperformed the market. Due to decreasing investments, 904 hedge funds had to close last year.
Bill Gross, the former manager of the world’s largest bond fund, says that the prices for many assets will fall because low interest rates cannot lead to increasing economic growth.
Many investors believe that actively managed funds under-perform passive products that just replicate an index. A new study shows: A greater trading activity of a fund is increasing its performance.
According to a Natixis Global Asset Management survey, institutional investors believe to meet performance expectation using alternative investments despite a difficult investment environment.
The conflict between US hedge funds and Argentina seems to be solvable now as the RUFO paragraph in restructured bonds expired.