Liquid Alts: a phoenix from the ashes?
They were plagued by issues like managing ‘unconstrained’ strategies in ‘constrained’ vehicles, wishful thinking and back-tested results, and an aggressive hot-dot sales culture
Liquidity
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Nordea inks SME lending solution partnership
European Investment Fund will provide the Nordic bank with €700m in guarantee capacity for 2021
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How should fund managers address the liquidity problem?
It’s not just property funds that are causing headaches
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How to control liquidity risks during volatile times
Jean-Philippe Blua explains how the firm’s tools alerted the asset manager to precarious portfolio positions
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Sovereign investors favour fixed income and illiquid alts
But overlook equities as they try to capitalise on ‘unprecedented buying opportunity’
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Global fund redemption suspensions hit 10-year high at $62bn
Property, high-yield bond and emerging market debt funds display liquidity risks
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Liquidity risks at a glance
Coronavirus crisis increases pressure on indicators
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Liquid or illiquid alternatives: what can they offer investors?
In this Q&A with James Beaumont, Head of Multi Asset Portfolio Management at Natixis, we explore what alternative investments can offer investors. Is there a case for illiquid alternatives or should investors focus on liquid alternatives? We answer this and more around how allocations to alternatives will play out in the future. “Investors have viewed…
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Investors in limbo as Woodford saga takes big twist
High-profile fund manager Neil Woodford has been fired and his flagship Equity Income Fund is to be wound up
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PGIM adds liquid alternatives fund to Ucits platform
QMAW Keynes Systematic Absolute Return Fund seeks a return of Libor plus 5%, while seeking to limit risk of capital loss
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Franklin Templeton offers liquid hedge funds to European investors
Five-strong alternative funds Sicav range uses non-European managers and carries a performance fee
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How can fund selectors avoid illiquidity trap?
A series of fund blow-ups related to illiquid assets this year have left investors wondering how to shield portfolios