After a disappointing 2016, last year proved to be a better year for active managers with 44% beating their benchmarks. Stephanie Baxter reports
Last year posed huge challenges for active investment as markets were driven by politics rather than economics. Stephanie Baxter looks at research showing a large fall in managers beating the benchmark
Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at different strategies for taking advantage of the illiquidity premium
Hannah Brenton examines the findings of a Lyxor paper on target date funds.
Andrew Short investigates the reluctance of UK schemes to share other nations' enthusiasm for exchange-traded funds.
Hedge funds offering greater transparency via bespoke structures mean institutional clients can more readily model risk and reward to a sector they have previously shunned, Lyxor say.
Helen Fowler finds a flurry of activity in alternative indices over the past year reflects how these strategies are becoming much more mainstream
GLOBAL - ETF providers including Lyxor have signed licence agreements with Standard & Poor's to launch funds on the S&P 500 index.