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Institutional investors shift portfolio allocations to hedge funds
Institutional investors are set to allocate 11% more to hedge funds this year, according to a Deutsche Bank survey. Less money is flowing to FoHFs while emerging managers are in favour.
While foreign hedge funds have been driving down the value of the yen, now Japan insurers may strengthen the trend
Hedge funds remain the single largest allocation for US university endowments but an extended period of lacklustre returns is leading some in the endowment community to question their value.
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Managed futures/CTAs gaining traction with investors
Research on how investors are protecting themselves from tail risk events shows a preference for managed futures/CTAs. There is also reluctance to use single hedge fund strategies as protection.
Risk institutional investor rankings 2012
Credit ratings for sovereigns and dealers are on the slide – an extra incentive to use clearing houses – but only the biggest institutions have started clearing, and half of respondents to this year’s rankings say they are not expecting to do so...
Ratings downgrades complicate matters for institutional investors
Rating agency downgrades are expected to affect the way institutional buyers of structured products in Europe do business, say bankers. At the crux of the changes are rating agency decisions that affect the way foreign subsidiaries of banks are rated,...
Editorial: Ratings in moderation
It looks as if it may get a lot more complicated for banks to sell structured products to institutional investors in Europe, though it hasn't happened yet. For banks, read subsidiaries of foreign banks; and for institutional investors, read pension funds...
Alcentra belives leveraged loans will take off as an asset class
Alcentra says sub-investment grade leveraged loans are becoming an accepted asset class in Europe as the market develops. Institutional investors are the norm in Europe compared with retail in the US.
Structured products linked to real assets and credit back on the menu...
The Italian structured products market is seeing a pick-up as institutional investors demand exposure to physical assets and credit
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