09/29/2014
The flagship Total Return Fund, the world's largest bond fund, suffered 16 straight months of outflows. The wrangling and the underperformance grated on the executive committee, chaired by Chief Executive Douglas Hodge.
09/29/2014
There’s Nothing Wrong With Being Rich
09/26/2014
We also have some fund managers in Malaysia but they are under the remit of Singapore
09/26/2014
Even the rock stars of the investment community are guilty of herd mentality. The fact that African Bank Investments Ltd, an obviously dodgy investment, was held in so many unit trust funds is evidence of this.
09/26/2014
Still, the principals of this de facto Cabot, Lodge wealth manager were determined to express to prospects that they were in fact better than their competitors in essential ways.
09/24/2014
British Documentary Skewers Active Management
Active fund managers in the U.K., like their counterparts in the U.S., are paid handsomely.
09/24/2014
We’ve all heard the question: “If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, does it still make a sound?”
09/24/2014
Addressing the Labour Party conference in Manchester, Labour leader Ed Miliband has outlined plans to introduce a ‘Mansion Tax’ on properties worth over £2m, and a clampdown on tax loopholes by hedge funds and large firms that ‘mov
09/23/2014
Barclays announced on Monday that Akshaya Bhargava will become the new head of the firm’s wealth and investment management business.
09/22/2014
I have to say I was very relieved on Friday morning when after a night of crackling thunder over head and overnight, I could finally see that the Unionists had won the day in the Referendum.
09/21/2014
Shayne Nelson says he is confident that the lender’s legacy problems are now finally over.
09/19/2014
Currency traders are expecting a £63,000 fall in bonuses amid an industry rigging scandal, while commodities trader pay-outs are expected to be up £38,000
09/19/2014
The Skandia Scandal: Whose Fault? by Henrich Greve, INSEAD Professor of Entrepreneurship
Reputations are valuable and easily tarnished even by association: a little care and attention can help.
09/18/2014
Whisky Galore? by Jim Burberry, Baker Tilly
The traditional ‘booze cruises’ to France may be in jeopardy if Scotland votes ‘yes’ this week. We look at why new Scottish tax laws could see drinkers heading north of the border for their cheap tipple…
09/17/2014
Baker Tilly responds to OECD global tax crackdown proposals
Responding to the proposals, George Bull, Baker Tilly’s Senior Tax Partner, said: ‘These measures represent a positive step towards eradicating harmful tax practices on a worldwide scale.
09/15/2014
The End of Ages? - Both Iron and Complacency by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Are we going to see the end of the age of complacency at last?
09/15/2014
Investment strategies of wealthy families
Their mandates typically tend to be inflation plus three of inflation plus five percent.
09/14/2014
Collateral management has become a hot-button topic in the investment management industry of late, but what exactly is collateral management and why the sudden focus on it?
09/10/2014
In the year 2014, the U.S. has by far the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country on earth.
09/10/2014
Investors and investment managers are set to face a 15-year period of low growth, high volatility, great uncertainty and low financial returns, UBS Global Asset Management has predicted.