Only at small-cap companies are a minority of shares held by institutional investors, according to findings published in Corporate Secretary sister publication IR Magazine’s Global and Regional Investor Relations Practice Report 2021.
Drivers of 2021’s robust fundraising – an accelerated pace, bigger tickets, LPs pressing allocation limits and hot strategies like growth equity, tech and the energy transition – will likely also feature in 2022’s market.
Hopes of a global reopening following two years of Covid-19 and government-imposed lockdowns across the world are trumping any fears of Fed hikes, as fund managers take a generally bullish stance in January, according to a report by the Bank of America.
New research by the National Institute on Retirement Security reaffirms earlier findings on the greater cost savings and efficiencies provided by pensions as compared to defined contribution plans.