London-headquartered Aviva Investors has conducted a survey of 342 sell-side analysts on the influence and the quality of sell-side research as well as on the barriers and constraints to long-term broad-based research. The study has found out that 94% of the sell-side analysts interviewed believe they have moderate to significant influence on investor behaviour while […]
Baring Asset Management (Barings) has conducted a survey among 106 independent financial advisers. It finds out that over half of IFAs (56%) believe that multi asset funds are the most suitable for people post-retirement looking to generate an income over a 20 year retirement. Other findings show that around 54% of financial advisers surveyed assess […]
Consultant Towers Watson, in partnership with Pensions & Investments, has found out that total assets under management of the world’s largest 300 pension funds reach over $15trn (€13.4trn), having rose by 3% in 2014 against 6% in 2013. The amount of global pension funds’ assets has almost doubled in ten years since in 2004, they were reaching […]
Investec Wealth & Investment has appointed four new members to its research team. Dominic Barnes has joined as a fixed income portfolio manager, Esther Gilbert as a fixed income analyst, while Marcus Blyth and Adrian Todd have both joined as fund selection specialists. Barnes was hitherto working as director at Credit Suisse Private Bank & Wealth Management. […]
A recent research of Markets and Markets has found that the global healthcare asset management market is expected to amount to $29.6bn (€26.6bn) by 2020 from an estimated $6.7bn (€6bn) in 2015. The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) would reach 34.6% during the forecast period. Among the factors driving the growth in the market, the report lists strong […]
The assets under management (AUM) of the global asset management industry will reach $96.5trn by 2019, Cerulli Associates has found out in its Global Markets 2015: Key Insights into a Dynamic Landscape report. Non-US assets will account for over 50% of the AUM at the end of 2015, according to the study. But the report […]