As asset owners around the world pledge formal commitments to net-zero, data from Cerulli Associates shows that those in the US are lagging behind peers in Europe and Asia.
Cerulli finds that 44 percent of asset owners in Asia have pledged formal net-zero commitments, closely followed by 43 percent in Europe but less than a third (32 perc...
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Investors responding to ‘intensifying economic uncertainty’ pulled £4.5 bn ($5.4 bn) from UK funds, according to the latest data from the Investment Association (IA).
That June outflow figure is the highest of the year and the second-highest on record, with the IA noting that equity funds took the biggest hit: £2.3 bn in outflows. T...
Despite a range of macro headwinds, the war in Ukraine and a bear market in stocks, equity funds eked out positive flows on a global basis during the first half of 2022, according to new research from Morningstar.
During the first six months of the year, equity funds recorded $131 bn of inflows, a rise of 0.47 percent, says the research firm. Investor appetite moderated strongly during the half-year, however, with $180 bn of inflows in the first quarter and $49 bn o...
Short-selling saw a 34 percent boost on trading and investment platform Capital.com in Q2, according to the latest Pulse report from the firm.
Thirty-eight percent of traders using the platform carried out short-position trades last quarter – a figure 34 percent higher than in Q1 this year a...
Half of investors want corporates to shore up balance sheets amid what Bank of America (BofA) describes as ‘dire levels of investor pessimism’.
This is now the most popular choice among investors responding to the monthly BofA Fund Manager Survey (FMS) – far more so than looking for companies to increase capex (29 percent) or buybacks (15 percent).
The July survey shows global growth expectations to be at an all-time low at net -79 percent.
The f...
More than half (55 percent) of investors and analysts say their view of the market is either ‘neutral to bearish’ or ‘bearish,’ a rise from 43 percent last quarter, according to the latest survey by Corbin Advisors.
The research, which polled 80 institutional investors and sell-side analysts globally between June 2-J...
With different standards around the world and the SEC, ISSB and EU proposing different frameworks, inconsistency around ESG terminology and methodology is a ‘major concern’ among global financial institutions working across jurisdictions, IROs heard during the NIRI 2022 conference.
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Investors are looking beyond voting at AGMs and adopting a broader range of tools for engaging with listed companies, according to new research from the UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC).
The study polled the views of 55 asset managers and owners following the introduction of the UK Stewardship Code 2020, ...
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AllianceBernstein (AB) worldwide has $779 bn in assets under management, 51 locations and 4,050 employees, including 352 investment professionals. The Copenhagen office has assets under management of $21 bn.
AB Copenhagen was founded in 2014 when CPH Capital, founded in 2010, was acquired by AB. The Copenhagen-based investment team manages its investments autonomously but has access to AB’s global reach, managing equity portfolios for both retail and institutional...