Markets

Will Fundamentals Replace Data As The Market Driving Force?

All eyes remain on the data as we approach 2023 but we are expecting fundamentals to become more influential as the ye... Read more

BNP Paribas Creates €30bn Unit Dedicated To Private Assets

BNP Paribas has created a new business unit within its investment and protection services (IPS) division dedicated to ... Read more

Liquidity Needs In Fixed Income: How The Mini Budget Changed The Game

The last week of September saw the announcement of a fiscal package in the UK that led to forced selling of fixed inco... Read more

Revealed: Gold Funds Set To Suffer Without ESG Credentials

Gold funds which do not have strong ESG credentials are set to lose investors to rivals which focus on “responsible ... Read more

Civitas Social Housing Trust Sees 4% NAV Rise

Civitas Social Housing trust reported a 4.1% increase in its net asset value for the six months to the end of Septembe... Read more

Jenson Funding Partners Launches £60m Green Early-stage Fund

Jenson Funding Partners has launched a new pre-seed to Series A fund focusing on the transition to net zero. Read more

BlackRock To Launch Two New PE Funds After ELTIFs Raise Almost €1bn

BlackRock has raised €415m for the firm’s second European Long-Term Investments Fund (ELTIF), bringing total fundr... Read more

Blackstone Meets Less Than Half Of Property Redemption Requests - Reports

Blackstone has limited redemptions from its $125bn real estate fund following a surge in investor withdrawal requests.... Read more

ECB Blog: Bitcoin Is On The 'road To Irrelevance'

Bitcoin is on the “road to irrelevance” and the financial industry must be cognisant of the long-term reputational... Read more

Liquid Alternatives May Not Be What They Seem

One of the cornerstones of asset allocation strategy is to mix asset classes that work in divergent harmony. Read more

LendInvest Launches Open-ended Property Loans Fund

LendInvest, a property finance asset manager, is set to launch a new open-ended fund targeting financing loans for pro... Read more

Four Graphs Explaining... Alternatives

In this month’s ‘Four graphs explaining’ our experts consider alternatives. Read more

Private Markets Allocation Boom May Be 'overblown'

International wholesale investors do not anticipate considerably increasing their allocation to private markets from c... Read more

Three For 2023: A Checklist For The Index Industry

A perfect storm of global market upheaval, growing investor distrust and an emerging “me generation” of global con... Read more