05/26/2017
Tarrant: Artificial intelligence will disrupt the hedge fund model
Tarrant has also expressed confidence that it is the young and emerging fund managers who will eventually reap the full benefits of machine learning
Comment & Analysis
05/25/2017
British fund managers in Brexit Brawl
Success was the necessary ingredient of failure
05/25/2017
Forget high-flying tech stocks, here's what UBS says investors should buy now
Jeremy Zirin, UBS Wealth Management's Head of Investment Strategy, recently upgraded large-cap value stocks.
05/25/2017
In green investment, it’s fight or flight
The funds pulled from errant companies are re-invested into other sectors that follow the same economic trends.
05/24/2017
Malaysia prime land development is attractive, says List Sotheby
Having opened its regional headquarters in Singapore, the firm may decide to venture into the Malaysian market in future.
05/24/2017
Innovative impact fund targets African SMEs and producers
Savia will target SMEs that want to import manufacturing equipment and construction material
05/23/2017
Fee innovation in investment management overdue
UK consultant LCP’s latest fee report, published last month, shows that of 22 strategies analysed, only eight rose in the years since 2011.
05/23/2017
Statistical Arbitrage: A New Way of Investing
They lead to developments on the world financial markets that could not have been predicted by classical methods of fundamental or technical analysis.
05/23/2017
St. James’s Place – “Political ructions”
Criticism outweighs approval on both the Conservative and Labour manifestoes; the Conservatives risk UK businesses “being left in the starting blocks because of a blunt approach to immigration” and Labour “fails to offer the pro-growth a
05/23/2017
The art of giving gains traction in Africa as the wealthy seek to make a difference
The Knight Frank findings show that over the next decade Africa’s number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals will grow by 33%, after suffering a decline of 2% in 2015-16 due to tough market conditions.
05/23/2017
Angel Investors for the Arts: A New Breed of Patrons Is Actually Very Old-School
These patrons believe that young artists should be developed like an "angel investor" supports a promising start-up.
05/22/2017
On growing the pie, not eating it by Tim Price
It is also an exposure of the biggest lie in British politics: that national insurance is a separate levy which is set aside to pay for this kind of thing. It isn’t.
05/22/2017
President Trump is the single biggest threat to investors’ portfolios
President Trump poses the greatest risk for regular investors in the world - even ahead of a possible recession in China - but there are also important opportunities, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest financial services organisations.
05/22/2017
Could citizens’ wealth funds halt the dominance of the financial elite?
Eventually the revenue stream could be significant.
05/22/2017
How boards with ethics can make business better
It is not enough for companies to think of ethics and culture as a compliance exercise
05/22/2017
How China's Social Media Giant Tencent Is Shaking Up Traditional Philanthropy
What more could they do?
05/22/2017
Rapid growth in FinTech credit carries opportunities and risks
The profile of investors, which platforms match to borrowers, also differs across countries.
05/22/2017
How UK advisers positioned clients in Q1 2017
The latest UK Portfolio Barometer report from Natixis shows investment professionals have reduced their clients’ exposure to equities and upped their weightings to absolute return funds.
05/22/2017
Wirehouses use predictive analytics to shore up goals-based planning
Large brokerage firms are updating technology to get a better understanding of clients in real time, augment advisers' service and improve client experience
05/22/2017
A growing need for dynamic asset allocations
Developed market credit has experienced significant growth since the global financial crisis