02/12/2013
How Institutional Investors Will Shape Asset Management Growth
As a result, many asset managers, including some of today’s market share leaders, may struggle with shrinking revenue and a decaying book of legacy business
02/12/2013
Equity allocations stay high but bias shifts to defensives
02/12/2013
After a strong end to 2012 and a strong start to 2013, investors might be tempted to reduce their equity exposure.
02/11/2013
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
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 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
This month, alongside our usual economic and market reviews, we cover four topics.
02/11/2013
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
INCOME tax rates have recently been raised slightly for some affluent people
02/10/2013
Inequality has grown sharply over the past 15 years
02/10/2013
Can a fund get too large for its fund manager to handle?
02/10/2013
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
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
Fears of a ‘hard landing’ last year left investors rattled. But China’s slowdown is now over.
02/10/2013
Personality is crucial in attracting customers
02/10/2013
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
Three regulatory deficiencies were leading contributing causes of the financial crisis
02/10/2013
Timely indicators have been brightening up, painting a picture of strengthening global investment spending in the short term.
02/07/2013
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
East China's Shanghai wives have more power in managing their family wealth, research has found.