05/14/2015
“May 2015 saw the largest increase in the Capital Movement Index in the past twelve months, as inflows easily outpaced outflows. In fact, outflows were the lowest recorded since the index’s inception in 2006,” said Bill Stone, Chairman a
05/13/2015
Wealth Managers Abandon Active Strategies for Passive Investments
Poor returns on hedge funds and other actively managed vehicles have helped drive a shift away from pursuing alpha.
05/13/2015
A Look at How the Ultra-Wealthy Invest
Ultra-high-net-worth investors rank smart investing just below hard work and education as the key factors that are responsible for their financial success.
05/13/2015
7 Ways Wealth Management Client Attitudes Are Shifting
The growth of these new entrants has gotten the attention of incumbent players like Charles Schwab, which executed a smart fast follow strategy with its “Intelligent Portfolios” offering.
05/13/2015
Audi edges ahead of BMW to lead luxury-car sales race
Audi sold the most luxury cars globally in April, edging out BMW Group’s namesake brand and the fast-growing Mercedes-Benz brand
05/13/2015
Dogs will become too expensive in the future and we’ll have to buy robo-pets
Pet robotics has come a long way from the Tamagotchi craze of the mid-90s
05/13/2015
Euro Banking Association Publishes Report on Cryptocurrencies
Over the past five years, cryptotechnologies have surfaced as major IT innovation with the potential to improve the architecture of systems and processes in a number of digital transaction-based industries.
05/13/2015
European Managers Fine-Tune Expansion Outside Home Markets
Cross-border managers plan to increase their sales efforts in Italy, France, Spain, and Germany during 2015, according to research by Cerulli Associates
05/13/2015
Cybercrime will Cost Businesses Over $2 Trillion by 2019 - RESEARCH
Hacktivism Professionalising and Going After Bigger Targets
05/13/2015
When it comes to active safety, you'd think that your car being able to detect pedestrians and apply the brakes if you're not paying attention, would be a great selling point.
05/13/2015
Investors with less money actually know (5.9 on a 10-point scale) slightly more than they think they know (5.7)
05/13/2015
The award honors an organization for using the Kolbe SystemTM of instinctive strengths assessment to achieve positive, quantifiable results in major projects.
05/12/2015
New EverBank research examines spending, investing and real estate trends among mass affluent
05/12/2015
White paper finds “transparency gap” between hedge fund managers, investors
05/11/2015
The university’s team of solar researchers have put their 21Connect vehicle, which took part in the 2011 solar race across Australia, up for sale
05/10/2015
A wave of startups is changing finance—for the better
05/09/2015
At a time of fitful economic growth, banks around the world have lacked one of the most powerful engines for performance and valuation: robust GDP growth in their home economies.
05/08/2015
Marc Cohen and Torie Bold of Wealth-X Custom Research break down myths and assumptions about the future of the luxury industry and its consumers
05/08/2015
The annual old wine tasting — the curtain-raiser to the Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show — was held in Paarl a few days ago
05/08/2015
UBS Wealth Management Americas Partners with Mercer Investments
This relationship will provide the Investment Management Research team within UBS Financial Services with access to Mercer's 9,000 manager research opinions and performance analytics.