Investment Management Review May 2017 – final stand-alone issue

The May 2017 edition of the Investment Management Review (IMR) is out now, and is the final edition to be issued as a stand-alone publication. From October onwards, we are changing the way we bring it to you by incorporating this cutting-edge content into The Review

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The Investment Management Review (IMR) is written and edited by Dr Arjuna Sittampalam, Chartered MCSI, founder and managing director of Sage & Hermes. It features reviews and critical analysis of information and articles drawn from leading worldwide sources and contributions from industry experts.

The May 2017 edition of the IMR is the final to be issued as a stand-alone publication. We know you value the content in IMR, so from October 2017 onwards, Dr Arjuna's excellent analysis of thoughts and trends within the investment, fund, asset, wealth, and portfolio management sectors will be incorporated into the print edition of The Review, our quarterly members’ magazine. Online content will also be available at cisi.org/imr.

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Highlights from the May 2017 edition

The editorial and related story describe the incursion into each other's territory of hedge funds and buyout firms, blurring the boundaries between the two.

Two lead stories focus on infrastructure investment, with the first warning that fund managers may end up playing an unwanted role in President Trump's infrastructure plans, based on available evidence, and the second looking at the experience of the retail public in China of backing investments through a global system.

Another two lead stories predict disruption in stock markets: the first globally because of a massive IPO amounting to £2tn; the second on US stock market levels because of illegal manipulation of published company earnings.

Hedge funds and private equity fight on each other's turf (editorial and related article)

New types of alternatives – potential future of fund management (editorial)

Hedge funds and private equity fight on each other's turf


While US infrastructure grabs the attention, a retail investment model, adaptable globally, has sprouted in China (two related articles)

Asset managers' role in Trump's infrastructure plans

China in the vanguard of global retail infrastructure


Gigantic two trillion plus company launch

An initial public offering of shares amounting to nearly five times as much as the biggest to date, Alibaba, is already causing excitement among investment bankers at the planning stage. When finalised, it will create huge waves in global stock markets and asset management.

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Manipulation of US company earnings attacked

Manipulation of published US company earnings against the rules has caused the Securities and Exchange Commission to go on the attack. The reverberations might eventually have an adverse impact on US stock market levels.

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Published: 26 May 2017
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