Asset Management
Saturday 27 September 2025
Articles
Note World's largest institutional investors expecting more asset allocation changes over next two years than in the past
Institutional investors worldwide are expecting to make more asset allocation
changes in the next one to two years than in 2012 and 2014, according to the new Fidelity® Global Institutional Investor Survey.
Interview Jean-Philippe Médecin : “Solvency II did not lead to a significant decline in our equity exposures”
Jean-Philippe Médecin, funding and asset-liability management director within the CNP Assurances investment department and its team are increasingly integrating hedges to limit the effects of market drawdowns…
Interview Agnès Lossi : "We expect a lot of progress in terms of dynamic balance sheet management and capital steering including their volatility, which is probably the major challenge for institutions."
According to Agnès Lossi, Partner and Director at Indefi, market risk contribution to capital requirements is high. It represents almost 50 % of the capital needs.
News Performance Sees Hedge Fund Assets Grow Despite Investor Redemptions
Preqin's latest on asset flows in the hedge fund industry finds that across the first three quarters of 2016 assets held by hedge fund managers increased by 2.9%, taking total industry AUM to $3.24tn. Across most strategies, strong
returns have been the central driver of asset growth, with the industry posting gains of 5.44% through Q1-Q3 2016.
Opinion Equity markets are being complacent on Italy & Europe
According to James Butterfill, Head of Research & Investment Strategy at ETF Securities, the Italian referendum yesterday signified a worrying trend for the rest of Europe in confirming the rise of populist parties in the EU, and particularly important given that 70% of Europe have elections in 2017.