Nearly two thirds (59 percent) of institutional investors globally are set to increase their allocation to private equity over the next five years, according to new State Street research. In contrast, a further 15 percent of institutional investors said their exposure to private equity is likely to decline over the same period.

Willis Towers Watson's institutional investment clients globally allocated $10bn, via 175 selections, to diversifying investment strategies in 2015. Within this grouping, liquid alternatives attracted the most interest with over $8.1bn, of which approximately half is in smart beta and where $1.9bn is in secure income strategies.

Deutsche Bank released its 14th annual Alternative Investment Survey, one of the industry's largest and longest standing hedge fund investor surveys...

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) expects European companies to pay out a record c.315 billion euros in shareholder dividends in 2016.

The performance of CTAs during the recent market meltdown is remarkable. It highlights the fact that the power of diversification of the strategy in a portfolio remains intact. Recent developments provide additional evidence that managed futures often outperform traditional long-only investments and hedge fund strategies during market dislocations and macro events.