Report: Buy-side traders often still seen as ‘trading support’
A new report by Liquidnet entitled ‘Unbundling Best Execution: What do traders need to know?’ has found that while most buy-side trading desks are...
How asset managers capture micro-alpha opportunities
Setting up your desk correctly can help to boost returns for funds and clients.
When an opportunity arises for a fund to improve its returns,...
Bond funds hit by massive fee discounts; active revenues predicted to fall
Bond funds are dropping their investment management fees by up to 37% - in the case of passive funds – from those of the...
FTSE Russell weighs country accessibility for fixed income traders
FTSE Russell, the index and data firm, is introducing a country classification process for fixed income. The newly introduced fixed income framework, which is...
BlackRock sees rising fixed income allocations
By Pia Hecher.
BlackRock has reported that 38% of buy-side firms intend to increase fixed income allocations in 2019, up from 29% last year.
The firm’s...
GAM raises spectre of illiquidity and redemption
By Pia Hecher.
Global Asset Management (GAM) fund boards suspended all subscriptions and redemptions in its unconstrained/absolute return bond funds (ARBF) on 31 July 2018....
David Blake leaves Northern Trust as director for Global Fixed Income
David Blake has left Northern Trust Global Investments as director for Global Fixed Income, after 15 years at the firm, following a restructuring of...
Fixed income’s slow adaptation to payment for research
By Flora McFarlane
While MiFID II’s unbundling rules across the board are in full swing, fixed income is still getting used to the accompanying cultural...
NNIP sees three areas of opportunity under moderate rate rise
By Flora McFarlane.
With the Fed expected to announce a third interest rate hike in December, and European counterparts likely to follow suit, investors have...
PLSA: Absorbed research costs must not impede transparency for investors
By Flora McFarlane.
The majority of large asset managers are opting to absorb research costs rather than pass them onto clients, but investors must investigate...
