06/30/2014
A new white paper by RBC Global Asset Management (RBC GAM) in the U.S., Senior Portfolio Manager Scott Kirby explores several straightforward impact investing approaches institutional investors can implement in their U.S. fixed income portfolios
06/29/2014
This year's Annual Report offers our views on current challenges and aims to examine policies that might help us step out of the long shadow of the crisis. Our approach is to seek a long-term perspective with a view to shedding light on both the buil
06/29/2014
According to Deloitte, the financial services group, the number of “gatekeepers” that direct new money flows is falling, hampering the business models of asset managers that miss out on these concentrated flows.
06/27/2014
End of Easy Money Policies in U.S., U.K. Raises Threat of Disruptive Change in Financial Markets, Standish Says
06/27/2014
Powerful macroeconomic and political forces continue to provide impetus to globalization, and companies around the world are driven by their strategies to move into new markets and jurisdictions.
06/25/2014
An increase in the risk appetite of HNIs in the near future is reason for wealth managers to cheer
06/25/2014
There's little doubt the richer are getting much richer
06/25/2014
The key areas are structural market change, data and reporting, risk governance, conduct, culture and remuneration.
06/25/2014
Drivers include the need to keep pace with new regulatory requirements, advances in technology and the need to diversify in new markets and instruments.
06/25/2014
The survey of more than 130 investors with over $3.8 trillion in assets revealed that the average percentage of their alternative investment portfolio going to hedge funds will remain the same for 2014 as for 2013, at 72.5%.
06/25/2014
Drivers include regulation, technology advances and need to diversify in new markets
06/24/2014
Key Trends in Wealth Management Business Practices - RESEARCH
The report identifies the business practices of top advisors, common obstacles to growth and how investment advisors are leveraging new technology.
06/24/2014
Multifonds' clients ready for FATCA
Respondents from the funds industry, who collectively manage and administer assets exceeding US$10 trillion and US$35 trillion respectively, are showing a significantly more positive attitude to the regulation despite facing the imminent 22nd July AIFM a
06/24/2014
Investors increasingly are striking partnerships with hedge funds, underlining the closer collaboration taking place between the hedge fund industry and its investor base
06/23/2014
New report ranks world’s most entrepreneurial countries
06/23/2014
Europe's banks are under siege from digital disruption, and must make huge IT investments to remain competitive
06/20/2014
Arc plans global expansion following Endiang deal
The acquisition was agreed in principle in January, subject to contract discussions and regulatory and other approvals which have now been obtained.
06/20/2014
London-based research firm Preqin today released a special report "The Real Value of Hedge Fund Investment," offering new, comprehensive data on the goals institutional investors set for hedge fund allocations and how they measure a fund's
06/20/2014
Based on a nationwide survey of 680 U.S. high net worth individuals with $3 million or more in investable assets, the annual study finds that changing family structures, multi-generational and extended family circumstances, evolving gender roles, and gene
06/19/2014
A survey last year predicted Singapore would dethrone Switzerland as early as 2015 as the world's top center for managing international funds, but UBS's head of private banking said Switzerland's strengths went beyond its tax-haven appeal.