Category Archives: black swans

China Investment Corporation – It pays to invest overseas… and in equities

The picture is simple. Sovereign funds, in Asia-Pacific and the world at large, act as a leading indicators for the investment management industry. They have long-term capital to play with and are willing to take calculated risks in alignment (hopefully) … Continue reading

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Monaco Fund Forum 2013: Lights, Camera, Action…

Where to begin… the Monaco Fund Forum International 2013, the largest asset management conference in the world, was another milestone. Featuring Sir Bob Geldof along with hundreds of CEOs worldwide, conference director Jenny Adams went out on a limb and … Continue reading

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Multi-Convergence: BlackRock buys private equity real estate specialist MGPA – Asia focus

The era of multi-convergence. We have seen KKR/Schwab, GCS/ICBC/Dexia, Franklin Templeton/K2, Principal/Liongate, and many more examples of traditional and alternative convergence. This week BlackRock bought private equity real estate firm MGPA to boost its Asia and Europe presence, doubling its … Continue reading

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SWFs, Family Offices and Pension Funds in the Middle East in Transition: Invesco study

The decisions of the most sophisticated pools of assets globally are studied closely for guidance on how the overall industry will evolve. The history of SWFs started with KIA in the 1950s and Middle East SWFs in the last sixty … Continue reading

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Multi-Convergence continues: Schroders and the Cazenove deal

After buying US fixed income manager STW in December, Schroders greets spring with the acquisition of Cazenove. With distribution convergence, from retail to mass affluent, high net worth and institutional, Schroders added the queen and an old UK private banking … Continue reading

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Enskat & Associates: My analysts are…

Not only the hardest working and smartest in the world. They also look amazing right before they throw themselves into ice cold unchartered territory. Oh, and they also make it on the front page of the NY Times. Only the … Continue reading

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Principal is buying majority stake in hedge fund manager. Alternatives, LatAm and more in E=MC2

E=MC2 The era of multi-convergence for investment management. A very important convergence trend for traditional asset managers has been to build up expertise in alternatives, to present holistic investment solutions and asset allocation views to institutional clients around the world. … Continue reading

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Schroders increases US assets to $35b with STW acquisition

Global boutique investment specialist Schroders is continuing to build out business away from its UK home – today the firm announced the acquisition of STW Fixed Income Management in the US. STW is a US investment grade bond manager with … Continue reading

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Multi-Convergence: HK PE firm GCS buys Dexia Asset Management

That was fast. Less than ten days after entering exclusive acquisition talks with Dexia, HK-based private equity firm GCS Capital is buying the asset management arm from the Dexia group, a case of #East2West and #Multi-Convergence. The price was set … Continue reading

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Global Trends 2030 – Welcome to the Future

The sad thing about the comprehensive work of the National Intelligence Council looking at future global trends is that it only is published every four years, and the speed of change has been increasing dramatically. To that end, #GT2030 has … Continue reading

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