BlackRock launches new tool to help advisers allocate to private markets
BlackRock has launched the Expected Return Analyzer, an portfolio analysis tool, to help advisers allocate to private markets. Powered by BlackRock’s Aladdin technology, the Expected Return Analyzer draws on the BlackRock Investment Institute’s proprietary Capital Market Assumptions to show advisers how adding private markets or other asset class exposures to their client’s portfolios can help […]
Private equity fund Mid Europa Partners expects one deal in Romania this year
Private equity investment fund Mid Europa Partners has 2-3 investments in the pipeline that it could complete in 2021, one of which is in Romania. “Now that our resilience has been tested and the vaccination process has begun, we are confident in 2021,” says Matthew Strassberg, co-managing partner of Mid Europa Partners, according to Ziarul […]
Hedge funds bet on recovery in 2021
TORONTO (Reuters) – Some global hedge fund investors are going into 2021 optimistic about a speedy snap-back from the economic challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic. Hedge funds, which use leverage and employ more aggressive, often riskier strategies than other investors, believe many previously undesirable sectors, ranging from energy to retail, will rebound in 2021. […]
‘We’ll emerge leaner and more efficient’: Covid’s impact on business
In spring 2020, we asked four bosses how the coronavirus crisis had hit them – how have they fared since then? The year 2020 was tumultuous for businesses of all sizes, and companies from FTSE giants to sole traders have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. In the spring, the Observer spoke to four bosses […]
Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors bullish on stocks, hoping for a brighter 2021
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks are closing 2020 on a strong note, and many investors are betting the party will continue after a tumultuous year that marked both the end of the longest bull market and the shortest-lived bear market ever. Risks abound, including a resurgent coronavirus pandemic, concerns about the speed of rollout […]
Five Aim stocks with plenty of potential for 2021
Investing in Aim shares can make you a great deal of money – but you need to do your research. Michael Taylor of Shifting Shares picks five of his favourites ideas for 2021 Lockdown and coronavirus might have put paid to certain Christmas traditions this year, but one has survived entirely intact – it’s still […]