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Schroders Weighs LTAF Retail Opportunity As Other Managers Sit On The Fence

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Schroders is weighing the risks and opportunities of opening a long term asset fund for retail investors as the firm s... Read more

IW Summit: Digital Assets Represent 'future Of Finance' Despite Shortcomings

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Gavin Brown, associate professor in financial technology at the University of Liverpool, has warned that asset manager... Read more

Schroders Launches US Equity Long/short Fund Managed By Select Equity Group

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Schroders has launched the Schroder GAIA SEG US Equity fund, a long biased US equity long/short fund managed by New Yo... Read more

Preqin: Average Target Size For Alternatives ESG Funds Set To Reverse Growth Trend

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The average target size for alternatives ESG funds is set to reverse its previous growth trend as investors focus more... Read more

'Fighting A Losing Battle'

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This is one way to sum up the broken business model of Home REIT. Read more

Hargreaves Lansdown Adds BNY Mellon Multi-asset Fund To Wealth Shortlist

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Hargreaves Lansdown has added the BNY Mellon Multi-Asset Balanced fund to its Wealth Shortlist, Investment Week can re... Read more

Digital Asset Exchange Tokenises Stake In £16bn Abrdn Money Market Fund

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Archax, the digital asset exchange, has created a tokenised representation of its interest in the £15.7bn Aberdeen St... Read more

AIC Unveils Listed PE Benchmarks With LPX AG Partnership

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The Association of Investment Companies has collaborated with LPX AG to provide a suite of benchmarks for its listed P... Read more

Binance Sued By SEC Over 'variety Of Securities Law Violations'

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The Securities and Exchange Commission has sued crypto exchange Binance over a litany of securities law violations, al... Read more

'A Buyer's Market': What Is Behind The Fanfare For Private Equity Secondaries?

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Once a niche market, secondary private equity has become a more mature asset class and one of the few viable routes to... Read more

Digital Asset ETF AUM Surges 63% In 2023

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Digital asset ETFs and ETPs have surged in popularity throughout 2023, with assets under management globally growing 6... Read more

International Regulatory Group Unveils First Set Of Global Rules For Crypto Industry

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The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has proposed the first set of global rules for the cr... Read more

Retailisation Of Private Markets: Unlocking The Discretionary Space Will Be A 'game Changer'

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The development of private markets fund structures suitable for discretionary mandates will be a “game changer” in... Read more

UK Lags Behind Europe On Retail Investor Allocations To Private Markets

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As retail investors across Europe accelerate their allocations to private markets, the UK is lagging behind considerab... Read more

Treasury Committee Calls For Regulation Of Crypto As Gambling

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The Treasury Committee has called on the government to regulate consumer cryptocurrency trading as gambling. Read more

BlackRock Gains FCA Approval For Launch Of Private Markets LTAF

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BlackRock has received regulatory approval from the Financial Conduct Authority to launch a Long-Term Asset fund (LTAF... Read more

Coller Capital's Munk: Power Balance Has Shifted From Private Equity Managers To Investors

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The balance of power has shifted away from private equity managers to investors for the first time in more than a deca... Read more

Private Equity Trusts Under Threat As Discounts Continue To Widen

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Private equity trusts could be facing a wave of takeovers from hostile investors as their average discount to NAV has ... Read more

Deep Dive: Bond Managers Must 'unlearn' The Past Decade Of Central Bank Lessons

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The past year of central bank moves and their recent and forthcoming effects have changed the relationship between por... Read more

Cohen & Steers' Childers: Prospect Of A Secular Stagflation Environment Is Not Unrealistic

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Inflation pressures are set to stick around for longer than markets are forecasting, which supports a diversified allo... Read more