Despite European public equity markets tumbling, private equity is yet to experience the sharp downturn it suffered in the last financial crisis, with investors still showing interest in the strongly performing asset, said independent alternative assets research firm Preqin.
Risk-averse investors widen search for safe havens
While a flight to quality characterised the response of investors to the previous financial crisis, the latest figures on capital flows reveal that the new risk-off landscape could involve a wider search for safe havens, following the recent market tumble.
Integrating ESG into the investment process
This MSCI paper provides a framework for integrating ESG considerations into the investment process of mainstream institutional asset managers. In particular, it introduces a portfolio analytical framework that aims to measure how well ESG factors are integrated across the entire portfolio and that can be used to set quantifiable objectives for improvement.
DB dose needed to purge DC parasites
This month Australia celebrated 20 years of its compulsory superannuation guarantee system. Observing the past two decades, “entrepreneurial academic” Jack Gray has some advice for those rebooting their system, and it’s not defined contribution.
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Back to the future: short-selling ban lambasted
Cliff Asness must be a very stressed man. Not only has he been “mad as hell” for nearly three years (or is it mad again?) but also the reprise in responses by regulators around the globe to market crises, namely banning short selling, means he doesn’t have to write any original words in response.
