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Blackstone-owned Hipgnosis plots $1.47B music bond sale
ALTERNATIVES OCT 25, 2024
Blackstone-owned Hipgnosis plots $1.47B music bond sale

The new debt issuance will be backed by royalties from chart-topping artists like Shakira, Journey, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

By Bloomberg
ESG investing was always a way to gather data
ESG OCT 25, 2024
ESG investing was always a way to gather data

Patrick McVeigh, of Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, has always been clear about the importance of socially responsible investing, going back to the start of his career in 1982.

By Chris Davis
Vanguard culling its legacy mutual fund account system by end of 2025
MUTUAL FUNDS OCT 25, 2024
Vanguard culling its legacy mutual fund account system by end of 2025

If a legacy transfer agent system falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

By Emile Hallez
Demand for China-dodging EM funds grows amid mounting risk concerns
EQUITIES OCT 25, 2024
Demand for China-dodging EM funds grows amid mounting risk concerns

Emerging market strategies that shun Chinese stocks are gaining traction as investors mull volatility and economic risks.

By Leo Almazora
Risk is the "permanent impairment of capital"
ALTERNATIVES OCT 25, 2024
Risk is the "permanent impairment of capital"

Wealth manager reflects on how alternatives arose from turmoil.

By Chris Davis
Can Big Tech dominance continue? New ETFs enable dueling views
EQUITIES OCT 24, 2024
Can Big Tech dominance continue? New ETFs enable dueling views

Investors are getting additional options to dial up – or strip out – their exposure to disproportionately influential Magnificent Seven stocks.

By Bloomberg
Advisor suspended, fined for pushing elderly clients into high-risk GPB private placements
ALTERNATIVES OCT 24, 2024
Advisor suspended, fined for pushing elderly clients into high-risk GPB private placements

Recommendations of more than $800k in limited partnerships led to unsuitably large concentrations of alts in their portfolios, Finra finds.

By Leo Almazora
Amid ESG backlash, responsible investors are holding on to their commitments
ESG OCT 24, 2024
Amid ESG backlash, responsible investors are holding on to their commitments

While one-fifth of asset managers have dropped the ESG label, more than half still believe the data has value in mitigating risks and boosting returns.

By Leo Almazora
Art market upheaval is on the horizon, says global report
ALTERNATIVES OCT 24, 2024
Art market upheaval is on the horizon, says global report

Declining representation in affluent portfolios, decreased spending from next-gen investors, and other forces are converging to form a complex picture.

By Bloomberg
World's top asset managers rebounded to $128T in 2023
ETFS OCT 23, 2024
World's top asset managers rebounded to $128T in 2023

BlackRock, Vanguard and Fidelity topped the AUM league table while passive strategies cemented their place with a new asset record.

By Leo Almazora
Treasury slide reaches third day as Fed rate cut bets fade
FIXED INCOME OCT 23, 2024
Treasury slide reaches third day as Fed rate cut bets fade

Speculation of a potential Trump win in pivotal November 5 presidential election, and subsequent inflation risks, is helping to push up yields.

By Bloomberg
BlackRock broadens active ETF shelf with AI and tech funds
ETFS OCT 22, 2024
BlackRock broadens active ETF shelf with AI and tech funds

The asset management behemoth's newest thematic funds offer investors additional options to get exposure to the new technology supercycle.

By Leo Almazora
Leaning into world's riskiest bonds a loser's game, warns Pimco
EMERGING MARKETS OCT 22, 2024
Leaning into world's riskiest bonds a loser's game, warns Pimco

The leading fixed income asset manager advises investors to fight the "temptation" to run into crowded high-yielding emerging markets.

By Bloomberg
What's the best investment case for private market assets?
ALTERNATIVES OCT 22, 2024
What's the best investment case for private market assets?

Blackstone advisor pulse survey reveals around 80 percent see private investments as a way to land new clients.

By Leo Almazora
New York investment advisor fined $4M for breaking its own criteria
ESG OCT 22, 2024
New York investment advisor fined $4M for breaking its own criteria

SEC charged the firm with making misstatements and compliance failures.

By Steve Randall
SEC gives nod to options trading for spot bitcoin ETFs
ETFS OCT 21, 2024
SEC gives nod to options trading for spot bitcoin ETFs

The regulator approved amended requests for rule changes by CBOE and NYSE American to allow options trade for several spot bitcoin ETFs.

By Emile Hallez
"Close your eyes and buy big US stocks," says Carson Block
EQUITIES OCT 21, 2024
"Close your eyes and buy big US stocks," says Carson Block

The famed short seller acknowledged investors may do well to bet on S&P 500 heavyweights amid weeks-long streak of gains.

By Bloomberg
North American institutions keeping long-term focus amid near-term noise
ALTERNATIVES OCT 18, 2024
North American institutions keeping long-term focus amid near-term noise

Two-thirds of survey respondents agree upcoming elections a distraction, while three-fourths are prioritizing central bank actions and private market investments.

By Leo Almazora
Good as gold? Why it might be a safer haven than Treasury bonds
ALTERNATIVES OCT 18, 2024
Good as gold? Why it might be a safer haven than Treasury bonds

BofA commodity strategist argues the yellow metal is a good option as governments go deeper into the red.

By Leo Almazora
Pair-trade ETF strategies raise questions on risk
EQUITIES OCT 18, 2024
Pair-trade ETF strategies raise questions on risk

One manager's filing for strategies bundling long and short bets extends debate on where the ETF innovation machine is headed.

By Bloomberg