asset-managers

Despite the uncertainty, some asset managers are trying to calm their clients by putting a positive spin on the downgrade.

And, to judge from my own inbox, asset managers are starting to ask about the economics of how it could occur.

Some large asset managers are actually required to withdraw their cash out of a fund if it is being investigated by the government.

He is keen to emphasise it was one of the first asset managers among its UK peers to move into hedge funds 10 years ago.

Asian asset managers have no [overseas] distribution channels at the moment.

OverviewPension funds and insurance companies usually farm out funds to asset managers specializing in emerging markets or to mutual funds.

The idea is to use private capital and private asset managers to help set a market value for the securities. Exactly how is not clear yet.

But the sheer depth of funds means equity portfolio investment will account for some of the cash, possibly farmed out to asset managers.

Hopes are high that this is just the start of an avalanche of cash flowing into the pots of the world's leading asset managers.

"Demand from asset managers will likely have the largest impact on prices after the Fed exit, " he said.

Asset managers and analysts say that those who invest in rock-bottom stocks of a bear market will see share values rise for decades.

Slowly but surely, hedge funds are becoming like the old-fashioned asset managers they once aimed to usurp.

An overwhelming preference for equities among asset managers does raise a risk it is becoming too much of a consensus trade.

Allianz's aggressive acquisition course over the past eight years has transformed the group into one of the world's leading asset managers.

The mechanics are expected to be worked out between the asset managers and Treasury.

Other asset managers around the world have been quick to spot an opportunity for asset gathering.

Big asset managers like BlackRock and PIMCO have made a business of advising customers on managing for the worst case.

The algorithms, "algos" in market jargon, are used by brokers and asset managers to help navigate this complex trading landscape.

Slowly but surely, hedge funds are becoming like the old-fashioned asset managers they onceaimed to usurp.

At Big Bang market makers, brokers, discount houses and asset managers had been acquired by retail banks.

"Institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds and asset managers alike are going overweight on commodities too. "

This would be a headache for banks and asset managers, many of which would probably be in violation of the rules.

Deployers work with asset managers to ensure the metadata is augmented with the necessary semantics, permissions and scoping constraints.

The second iteration of the Capital Requirements Directive is expected to constrain remuneration packages for asset managers.

He further cautioned it was not clear that large, fast growing asset managers were good news for investors.

The idea is touse private capital and private asset managers to help setamarket value for the securities.

Specifically, asset managers believed thatthe funds' investment capabilities could be greatly improved.

"If you look at a list of the top 20 global asset managers, you're looking at the likely list of winners. "

Singapore has attracted asset managers, private banks and hedge funds in recent years with tax incentives and strict secrecy rules.

In contrast, the top five asset managers command 24 per cent of their market, and for investment banks the figure rises to 34 per cent.

Regulators meanwhile are stepping up pressure on asset managers and advisers to be more transparent about how they are rewarded.

Yesterday's deal from Tesco, however, was overwhelmingly sold to asset managers, insurance groups and pension funds.

Asset managers have never faced such stiff competition, says Ben Phillips, partner of Casey Quirk, a US consultancy.

That means retail banks, investment banks and asset managers, including private equity and hedge funds.

Fortress will be the first US hedge fund manager to list but bankers expect other alternative asset managers to follow.

Prices went haywire; banks and asset managers discovered that all their trading and hedging models had broken down.

Western asset managers face little competition from local funds, the report argues.

He said last year's market rally may have bailed out weaker asset managers, delaying efforts to rebuild relationships with clients.

Like Merrill, Morgan Stanley saw scope for this trend to spread to asset managers.

But Mr Cohn's remarks are significant because hedge funds and other alternative asset managers are among his bank's key clients.

Like a scolded child, the reason is that asset managers have been shamed into silence.

But asset managers will still be subject to intense scrutiny at official levels.

As such, it will affect companies from investment banks to asset managers and stockbrokers.

This improvement in capabilities comes, in some cases, courtesy of the asset managers.

The consultancy estimates that British asset managers are looking to reduce costs by around 20% and employment by 10%.

Most "long-only" asset managers have such restrictions too.

"Asset managers are surfing the wave of the SWFs. "

However, as with asset managers, early entrants to the market may have an edge.

Nyfix's software allows asset managers and hedge funds to communicate trading intentions to their brokers and banks using the FIX network.

It's time for asset managers to start paying their fair share of taxes.

But there is another factor investors should watch: what companies and asset managers are doing with their spare "cash" .

As 2008 showed, the asset managers get rich but the investors still get clobbered.

In recent years some "real money" asset managers, such as pension funds, bought securitised products.

The market turmoil of 2007 and 2008 helped to trigger a host of lawsuits against many asset managers.

Dark pools started in the US more than five years ago and are popular with institutional investors such as banks and asset managers.

There is, therefore, an incentive for asset managers to expand their assets under management in order to maximize their compensation.

Amid the hunger for yuan securities, a dozen or so asset managers have set up funds in recent months to buy dim sum bonds.

For some asset managers, especially the sovereign wealth funds, this is what they are moving toward.

Hong Kong has attracted scores of international asset managers to set up operations in the territory.

Hong Kong already has a fledgling renminbi-denominated market and asset managers on the ground are planning bond fund products.

Asset managers continue to cast envious glances at the projected growth of Asia, and the wider developing world;

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