09/07/2016
A.M. Best Special Report: Innovation: The Race for Global Reinsurers to Remain Relevant
As a result, companies have intensified their efforts to develop new strategies in order to adapt to structural market changes
09/07/2016
Highlighting Hong Kong’s proximity to mainland China, Amy Lo, Country Head & CEO of UBS Hong Kong, pointed out that “connectivity with China” is very important to the industry’s development.
09/06/2016
The study highlights new alternative sources of capital and examine their potential for broader industry disruption in the future.
09/05/2016
Understandably, well-known markets like the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and London Stock Exchange rank among the most valuable exchanges
09/05/2016
A punishingly low yield environment for money managers has sparked a jump in demand for emerging market fixed debt in the past few months.
09/05/2016
The Sunday Telegraph has learnt that CVC is in the early stages of planning a £1.5bn stock market debut for Sky Bet.
09/05/2016
UK employers are starting to prioritise financial wellbeing for their staff, according to the latest Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM) Business Barometer.
09/02/2016
Japan was considered the most equal country, with millionaires controlling 22 percent of total wealth.
09/02/2016
Whilst this has provided investors with the opportunity to take stock during the summer holiday, upcoming US Presidential elections and the ongoing ramifications of Brexit for the UK and Europe mean that volatility is unlikely to be far from people’
09/02/2016
The trend toward automated advice for retirement plan participants, and the growth in new and existing "robo-platforms" and other web- and app-based investing tools, are major themes in this year's report.
09/02/2016
Selling the whole thing is probably a non-starter.
09/01/2016
Private consumption is set remain one of the main growth drivers for the rest of the year.
09/01/2016
Diversification and noncorrelation paid off for many advisors in the second quarter, especially those who allocated more to alternatives, such as managed futures and intermediate-term bonds.
09/01/2016
The firm argues the switch in performance advantage towards funds over the shorter time period will principally reflect a widening of investment trust discounts.
08/31/2016
Fund managers with wealthy backgrounds perform the worst
The analysis also found managers from families in the bottom quartile of wealth needed to demonstrate annual returns 6.6 percentage points a year higher to stand as likely a chance of promotion as their higher status peers from the 75th percentile.
08/31/2016
London remains ‘most prosperous UK city’ but others are catching up
Every part of the UK is more prosperous than it was last year, according to the second edition of the annual Barclays Prosperity Map.
08/31/2016
Sixty per cent of those surveyed identified capital value growth as their main financial investment driver across all asset classes.
08/31/2016
Saudi Arabia is targeting improvements in tourism and leisure in its Vision 2030 plan.
08/31/2016
Equity benchmarks are largely disconnected from local fundamentals. They march in time with the dollar and US interest rates instead.
08/30/2016
Findings from the 2016 digital business global executive study and research report