Asset management
Global banks grapple with China joint ventures
Offshore lenders weigh raising stakes in local securities houses despite tight margins
Gaps emerge in US plan to regulate non-bank systemic risk
Former regulators say FSOC may struggle to measure systemic risk in repo, loan markets
State Street falls behind in the custody assets race
The gap between BNY Mellon and State Street rose to $2.8 trillion at end-June
The Fed doesn’t like narrow banks, but asset managers do
Narrow banks would funnel cash to the Fed to get its rate – money managers are intrigued
One size does not fit all – Adapting to meet investment goals
Guillaume Arnaud, global head of quantitative investment strategies (QIS), and Sandrine Ungari, head of cross-asset quantitative research at Societe Generale, explore the benefits of QIS for investors, why flexibility is crucial for investors to meet…
Asset managers urged to sign global forex code
Firms risk hit to reputation by not committing to standards on market practice, investor says
Emergency docs: funds rush to meet EU’s revised Emir rules
Isda asks for six-month extension as previously exempt funds hit with margin requirements
Alternative risk premia breaks through in Asia
Asian home bias and opportunity to exploit mispricing of assets among factors boosting strategies
Custody assets rebound after Q4 equity rout
Total Auca at three leading custodians hits $91.9 trillion at end-March, up 4.5% quarter-on-quarter
The biggest stories from Isda’s 2019 AGM
From new uses of SOFR to non-modellable risk factors in Asia – here are the 10 best stories from the conference
Risk FX Briefing: Event insights
What lies ahead for investment managers
Tying allocation to selection
Hamza Bahaji introduces a new approach to core-satellite investing, the compound portfolio insurance
Capturing alpha in Asia’s ETF market – Trends to watch in 2019
As the inclusion of China A-shares into major indexes could potentially lead to record inflows into China, 2019 is set to be an exceptional year for the Asian exchange-traded funds (ETFs) market. Meanwhile, investors in the region are increasingly eyeing…
Funds use artificial intelligence to weigh ethical investing
Quants explore links between ESG investment and outperformance
Quants clash: machine learning or linear models?
Some studies say the algorithms beat the common models; other studies say the opposite
Buy-siders eye ways to get ahead of US resolution stay rules
Come July 1, asset managers will be unable to dump derivatives as a G-Sib is unwound. Lawyers are standing by
Active ETFs – The next step in Asia’s ETF innovation
The exchange-traded fund space has long been dominated by passively managed funds, but active ETFs are gaining popularity among investors and issuers. Although active ETFs are not yet a mainstream investment instrument, their growing investor interest is…
Fundamentals fuelling smart beta in China
As Chinese equity markets mature and become increasingly driven by fundamentals, the time is right for international investors to invest in smart beta strategies, say Vincent Yam, head of trading, and Weiwei Wang, senior derivatives trader at Guotai…
Hope fading for margin threshold hike
Smaller buy-side firms could still escape compliance burden via expected regulatory guidance
Blazing new analytical paths: Tackling data aggregation for new risk insights
As the risk function’s influence continues to grow within financial services firms, demand for quality integrated risk data to support a wider range of business-critical decisions is stretching the capabilities of existing technology to breaking point. A…