In The News

Financial News: Fund managers are paying more attention to social considerations, such as labour rights and diversity, than they were prior to the outbreak of coronavirus, according to Greenwich Associates.

Institutional Asset Manager: ESG factors have grown more important since the onset of pandemic, with a new study conducted by Greenwich Associates showing the ‘social’ aspect coming into greater focus.

Finance Magnates: Greenwich Associates study shows that a wide range of market players plan to enhance focus on social considerations in ESG approach.

Risk: Greenwich Associates found that electronic trading increased around 14% during the peak of the liquidity crisis in March and April.

Bloomberg: Buy-side firms’ most-cited reaction to market uncertainty was to move toward more phone-based trading, with 31% listing it as their response during the early days of the outbreak, according to Greenwich Associates.

P&I: "Technology is critical to the growth of OCIO firms and is a way for managers to differentiate themselves. The big firms, those that will be able to afford the technology spend, will prevail," said Andrew McCollum.

Business Standard: Retirement is the priority investment goal for only 18 per cent of Indian investors, compared to 50 per cent of global investors, according to Greenwich Associates.

Bloomberg: Finding alternative data that is actually alternative isn’t that easy anymore.

Institutional Asset Manager: Four in five investors are only exposed to Chinese equities through Global Emerging Market equity strategies, according to Greenwich Associates.

CTMfile: A Greenwich Associates report has examined how corporations think about FX and how this influences their trading behaviour relative to financial investors, who are more often in the market structure spotlight.