02/24/2014
Fund managers optimistic about 2014 - Towers Watson
Although expectations for government bond yields continue to be near historic lows and concerns about low growth persist.
02/24/2014
Although expectations for government bond yields continue to be near historic lows and concerns about low growth persist.
02/24/2014
Global assets under management (AuM) will rise to around $101.7 trillion by 2020, from a 2012 total of $63.9 trillion, says a PwC report released today. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 6%.
02/21/2014
Women are starting to outnumber men in the race for jobs in the financial sector.
02/20/2014
"The lack of widespread use of in-plan retirement income solutions means assets accumulating in a defined contribution (DC) plan will eventually shift to an IRA," states Bing Waldert, director at Cerulli.
02/19/2014
Some 33% of investors plan to make no changes to their portfolio, whilst 7% plan to decrease their stockmarket investments.
02/19/2014
Relative to emerging market corporate earnings, profits of developed market companies stabilized shortly after the last financial crisis – and have been consistently catching up since late 2010.
02/19/2014
According to Preqin’s Hedge Fund Analyst, hedge funds made a loss of 0.17% in January 2014, the benchmark’s first month in negative territory since August 2013.
02/19/2014
Survey respondents expect Islamic finance assets growth to slow in 2014, but the slowdown that respondents predicted could perhaps be more transitory after several years of vigorous growth following the financial crisis rather than an indication that the
02/19/2014
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02/19/2014
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02/18/2014
More than 50 percent of fund managers, prospective clients and consultants attending a recent Northern Trust seminar on the European Union's Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive
02/18/2014
The trends have been selected from a new white paper, ‘What’s Hot in 2014’, which was commissioned by Advanced.
02/18/2014
High levels of stress hormones can lead to decreased risk taking
02/18/2014
Allocators from 29 different countries completed the survey. Approximately half (46%) of responding investors manage $1bn+ in hedge fund AuM, and 18% manage over $5bn.
02/17/2014
Are China and South East Asia swapping places in terms of investment appeal?
02/17/2014
"The allocation to ETFs among RIAs grew 48% from 2011 to 2012," comments Kenton Shirk, associate director at Cerulli. "The RIA channel is an extremely attractive opportunity for asset managers."
02/17/2014
At first glance the much-vaunted young professional seems to have everything, but the reality can be very different.
02/17/2014
Affluent Britons set to leave loved ones with unexpected inheritance tax bills
02/17/2014
Handelsbanken’s publication Risk and Capital Management – Information according to Pillar 3 for 2013, is available on the Bank’s website
02/17/2014
New research from global analytics firm Cerulli Associates finds separately managed accounts and fund-of-one investment structures continue to gain popularity among institutional investors.