AIP reaches three-year mark
Technology-based niche hedge fund manager AIP Capital Management has reached the three-year mark as a business, making steady progress with its low-risk equity-focused hedge funds
Private sector: ready to back infrastructure programme
In a world in which the government and central bank have several means available to stimulate the economy, infrastructure spend is a powerful anti-recessionary fiscal policy tool, writes Jason Lightfoot, portfolio manager at Futuregrowth Asset Management
Why crypto suddenly looks less cryptic – and more compelling
Crypto is undoubtedly finding some new respectability. Over the past year, some of the biggest naysayers of previous years – including Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan, Larry Fink of BlackRock and Ray Dalio of Bridgewater – have become believers, writes Neil Wilson
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Africa behind the curve on markets’ recovery
The third quarter of 2020 delivered mixed fortunes for global investors, with emerging and frontier markets remaining in the doldrums
Hedge funds seek out emerging markets
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to strike countries around the world, hedge funds are preparing for a host of debt restructurings in emerging economies, writes Laurence Fletcher at the Financial Times
Private debt market more of ‘an opportunity than a threat’, survey...
Despite current economic uncertainty, 95% of investors and managers believe the private debt market will continue to grow over the next three years, according to a survey conducted by IQ-EQ and IFI Global
Why it is a bad time to give up on contrarian...
Chasing what has worked in the past, at the expense of what has suffered, is a predictable feature of investment markets, writes Shaun le Roux at PSG Asset Management
Strong start points to future success
Starting a hedge fund with more capital and scoring top first-year returns point to higher chances of survival, according to Goldman Sachs research