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Strategy that drove last week’s market crisis helps ‘immunise’ funds against interest rate and inflation moves
There are clear parallels with many of the issues that led to the financial crisis
Hedge fund increases stake in British company after previous scepticism of extraction method
Central bank to spend £5bn a day for 13 days over ‘material risk to UK financial stability’ and threat to pensions
Computer-driven traders have also gained from strong selling in UK currency
Fund manager with history of bold claims says energy stocks could triple if ESG aims scrapped
Regulator objects to fund platform’s founder Andy Bell remaining on board having stepped down as chief
Plus, hedge funds short long-only peers, mounting concerns over Taiwan, and modernists at the Whitney Museum of American Art
The industry is not a pyramid scheme but it might be operating in an alternate reality
Emerging markets fund manager considers sale as chief executive leaves and challenges mount
Buyout industry faces a reckoning but some executives still predict a ‘golden age’
Savers may like the record, but fees, liquidity and market conditions are big concerns
Schroders, BlackRock and Columbia Threadneedle impose restrictions on redemptions from institutional real estate funds
Shift to safety comes after market turmoil triggered by UK mini-Budget
World’s largest asset manager has come under fire for its stakes in large companies and ESG strategy
Plus, Odey bets against the UK, emerging market outflows and Lucian Freud’s centenary
Bond investors tread a perilous path. Plus: can ‘K-pop’ deliver a global ETF hit; crypto inflows defy crash in values; tech stock falls test weighting risk
Institutions have shifted positions after repricing of fixed-income assets
Even deliberately diffuse funds can still be caught by overexposure to once-fashionable companies
Investor interest in bitcoin and other alternatives remains strong despite a torrid market performance
ETFs have built a reputation for being able to operate through any emergency — until now
Growing overseas interest in Korean music supports launch of entertainment fund
Product launches are becoming more esoteric but inflows have slowed for many special categories
Asset managers cite pitfalls at FT conference as ‘alts’ look beyond institutions for growth
Current turmoil is the culmination of policy mistakes made a generation ago
UK chancellor showed how the path towards higher interest rates will be fraught with danger
Pension sector regulators concerned about end of BoE support
A deep dive into run dynamics and liability-driven investment pools
Forced selling aimed at meeting collateral calls as crisis continues to roil markets
Weak pound insufficient to lure overseas pensions managers and insurers into British funds
The funds would have been linked to the price of non-US companies such as Saudi Aramco and Alibaba
Asset manager criticised over tactics during gilt sell-off
Central bank has ‘work to do’ outside mainstream banking sector, says chief economist
Government pushed funds into more of the investment that sparked the BoE’s crisis intervention
Liability-driven investment schemes a ‘time bomb’, says fashion retailer head
Passively managed inflows have masked the extent of damage to the industry as a whole
If you answered UK life insurers, award yourself half a point
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