«However, over the past year,
more equity fund managers began hedging currency risk,» he says.
Not exact matches
Since the Great Recession,
fund managers have been talking about rising fixed - income yields and their impact on
equities and,
more specifically, dividend - paying companies.
Meanwhile,
more and
more fund managers do not see benefits of investing in U.K.
equities, the survey said.
To maintain the balance of their portfolios, pension
fund managers have been selling
equities and buying
more bonds, and their notable demand for the latter counters the popular narrative that the 35 - year rally in fixed income is over.
More often than you would expect, a
manager of a private
equity fund looking to raise capital tells us a story about a business that, in the words of the
fund manager, does no marketing.
Fund manager investments in Amazon.com Inc and Netflix Inc, both of which are up
more than 35 percent for the year to date, helped boost the returns of large - cap
funds, noted Savita Subramanian,
equity and quant strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
All told, the jump in Treasury yields has yet to make its way into the broader economy in the form of higher borrowing costs, yet it will likely start to dampen the housing and auto markets as consumer loans become
more expensive, said Gary Cloud, a portfolio
manager of the Hennessy
Equity and Income
Fund.
Managers of big banks claim that they can't
fund themselves with
more equity and still lend as much as they do now because stock holders require a higher rate of return than lenders do.
Even as Bangladesh tries to extricate itself from the Rana Plaza building collapse, the Dhaka disaster that killed
more than 1,100 garment workers, one private
equity fund is trying to infuse new capital into the economy: The $ 88 million Frontier Fund, a private equity fund managed by Brummer & Partners, a Stockholm - based asset mana
fund is trying to infuse new capital into the economy: The $ 88 million Frontier
Fund, a private equity fund managed by Brummer & Partners, a Stockholm - based asset mana
Fund, a private
equity fund managed by Brummer & Partners, a Stockholm - based asset mana
fund managed by Brummer & Partners, a Stockholm - based asset
manager.
That said, we're not advocating that investors abandon the benchmark - replicating approach.With bull market and economic expansion
more mature, blending active management exposures — whether through actively - managed exchange traded
funds (ETFs), multi-asset
managers, traditional active
equity managers or other sources — with benchmark - replicating vehicles will become increasingly important for meeting return objectives and controlling risk.
In this
fund administration special, we bring together five top tech experts to answer the big technology questions facing private
equity firms; look at the administrative strain GPs are under; consider the implications of Brexit for UK
fund managers; explain how the outsourcing model is changing; consider the challenges faced by CFOs; explore the issues involved in raising a first credit vehicle; plus much
more.
For
more on investment
manager exposure levels, we just yesterday detailed how hedge
funds are very short 10 year treasuries and you can view BofA's previous research detailing how the smart money was selling
equities.
Fund managers believe there is scope for private
equity or trade buyers to buy Masters on the cheap, in the same way that Anchorage Capital Partners paid $ 94 million for Dick Smith in 2012, only to float it two years later for
more than $ 500 million.
The State Comptroller says he's looking for
more start up companies and entrepreneurs to invest in, as part of a partnership between the state's pension
fund and private
equity managers.
The state comptroller says he is looking for
more start - up companies and entrepreneurs to invest in as part of a partnership between the state's pension
fund and private
equity managers.
AlphaCentric partnered with Integrated Managed Futures Corp for a
more traditional, single
manager managed futures
fund while Catalyst is looking to Millburn Ridgefield Corporation to run a managed futures overlay on an
equity portfolio — very institutional like!
The
fund's current portfolio
managers, which also include Matthew Quinlan and Alex Peters, leverage the combined investment expertise of the
more than 200 investment professionals in the Franklin
Equity Group and the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group ®, who perform bottom - up analysis to identify attractive investment opportunities in their respective areas of research.
Morningstar:
More than just rating fundsBridgehouse Asset
Managers, in collaboration with Morningstar Associates, has launched an actively managed Canadian
equity fund.
As a result, these passive
funds are
more cost - effective and transparent than traditional, actively managed
equity funds run by asset
managers.
AMG
Funds represents over 30 independent and autonomous investment managers, and offers more than 100 mutual funds and separately - managed accounts across nearly every asset class and up and down the risk spectrum — from short - term fixed income to private equity, active equity choices to liquid alternative strate
Funds represents over 30 independent and autonomous investment
managers, and offers
more than 100 mutual
funds and separately - managed accounts across nearly every asset class and up and down the risk spectrum — from short - term fixed income to private equity, active equity choices to liquid alternative strate
funds and separately - managed accounts across nearly every asset class and up and down the risk spectrum — from short - term fixed income to private
equity, active
equity choices to liquid alternative strategies.
While the report is not publicly available, its conclusion is widely reported: «Of 6,185 U.S.
equity mutual
funds tracked by Rosenbluth's firm,
more than a thousand of them, or 16.3 %, have experienced a
manager change since February 2011.»
The
more the market rises and the
more fund managers, media personalities and fellow citizens of the world talk about going 100 %
equities and structural changes in interest rates the
more I think of the word «manic `.
Hennessy Focus
Fund Portfolio
Manager David Rainey discusses why he is
more encouraged about U.S.
equities than in the years, and he shares his outlook for GDP growth.
BlackRock
Equity Headache Persists BlackRock Inc., the world's largest money
manager, is completing an overhaul of its underperforming U.S. stock unit, including a purge of management teams at
more than half of the
funds in the group.
However, low interest rates have forced
fund managers to move
more assets into
equities and other riskier investments.
With respect to
equity securities, the
Fund managers emphasize dividend - paying stocks that over time have exhibited consistent growth of dividends, but may sell investments to secure gains, limit losses or reinvest in
more promising investment opportunities.
Private
equity fund managers may be focusing
more heavily on deploying their record levels of «dry powder» as fundraising activity shows signs of slowing...
Attended by
more than 60 housing development and finance leaders —
fund managers, lenders, developers, advocates, and public officials among them — the symposium took up the question of what new capital structures and strategies must be mobilized to maintain the nation's inventory of NOAH units, which many consider a vital national asset as well as a significant business opportunity for
equity investors.