02/12/2013
February - Spring's Hope Eternal?
After a strong end to 2012 and a strong start to 2013, investors might be tempted to reduce their equity exposure.
Comment & Analysis
02/11/2013
The AIFMD and its Impact on US Fund Managers - Withers
The aim of the AIFMD is to introduce a harmonized regulatory framework across the EU for EU-established AIFMs and to regulate the marketing of AlFs within the EU.
02/11/2013
ASEAN Markets offer strong Investment Opportunities - Barings
The ASEAN region’s continued economic growth and compelling domestic dynamics support a strong investment case for the region, according to Baring Asset Management.
02/11/2013
Five Shifts that Define the Future of Wealth Management - RESEARCH
Five massive foundational shifts are impacting financial service providers of all types, and they are impacting those that serve affluent clients in especially unique ways.
02/11/2013
Rothschild Market Perspective - Dirk Wiedmann, Head of Investments
This month, alongside our usual economic and market reviews, we cover four topics.
02/11/2013
Global perspective from Standard Life Investments
Standard Life Investments suggests that it is much harder for countries to make the transition from emerging to developed economies than was previously commonly thought.
02/10/2013
Looking Beyond Income, to a Tax on Wealth
INCOME tax rates have recently been raised slightly for some affluent people
02/10/2013
Shocking figures reveal the growth in UK's wealth gap
Inequality has grown sharply over the past 15 years
02/10/2013
When big is no longer beautiful in the fund management world
Can a fund get too large for its fund manager to handle?
02/10/2013
The Ghost of ABN Amro Haunts Europe's Banks
The $98.5 billion takeover of ABN proved to be a disastrously mis-timed acquisition, defining the M&A peak of the credit bubble in 2007.
02/10/2013
Surprise: Deloitte finds that Customers will pay fees
The survey – unveiled as part of a report titled, Retail Bank Pricing: Resetting Customer Expectations – finds that there is considerable aversion to price increases, with many consumers believing that banks are not being fair in raising fees.
02/10/2013
Coutts Wealth Watch - Bright new year for Chinese equities
Fears of a ‘hard landing’ last year left investors rattled. But China’s slowdown is now over.
02/10/2013
Practicality trumps personality in the language of banks - RESEARCH
Personality is crucial in attracting customers
02/10/2013
The Chinese Snake needs to wisely manage a rapidly changing world by Justin Urquhart Stewart
It’s going to be a delicate new year for the Chinese authorities and they may well need all the guile of “the water snake” to see them through it.
02/10/2013
Perspectives from the Sarasin Group: On liberty, debt and overregulation
Three regulatory deficiencies were leading contributing causes of the financial crisis
02/10/2013
What’s next for global capex? - BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research
Timely indicators have been brightening up, painting a picture of strengthening global investment spending in the short term.
02/07/2013
Coutts - Wealth Watch - Politics spook European bonds...again
The spectre of political risk has returned to European bond markets as scandal embroils the Spanish government and anti-reform sentiment grows in Italy.
02/07/2013
Shanghai Wives Manage Family Wealth
East China's Shanghai wives have more power in managing their family wealth, research has found.
02/07/2013
Investment update on China equities and the Year of the Black Water Snake
This month marks the beginning of the Year of the Black Water Snake in the Chinese lunar calendar.
02/07/2013
Offshore Chinese bonds and A-shares to benefit as renminbi goes global
China’s currency is moving steadily toward internationalisation, with offshore renminbi (Rmb) deposits likely to exceed Rmb1trn ($160bn) within a few years.