Managers of Wealth

Evolving Investment Management Regulation, Clarity leads to opportunity - KPMG

The key areas are structural market change, data and reporting, risk governance, conduct, culture and remuneration.

BNP Paribas Securities Services launches front office outsourcing report

Drivers include the need to keep pace with new regulatory requirements, advances in technology and the need to diversify in new markets and instruments.

Japanese investors planning to maintain hedge fund allocations - RESEARCH

The survey of more than 130 investors with over $3.8 trillion in assets revealed that the average percentage of their alternative investment portfolio going to hedge funds will remain the same for 2014 as for 2013, at 72.5%.

Asset managers look to outsource front office

Drivers include regulation, technology advances and need to diversify in new markets

Key Trends in Wealth Management Business Practices - RESEARCH

The report identifies the business practices of top advisors, common obstacles to growth and how investment advisors are leveraging new technology.

Multifonds' clients ready for FATCA

Respondents from the funds industry, who collectively manage and administer assets exceeding US$10 trillion and US$35 trillion respectively, are showing a significantly more positive attitude to the regulation despite facing the imminent 22nd July AIFM a

Increased partnership between investors and hedge funds - AIMA-Barclays survey

Investors increasingly are striking partnerships with hedge funds, underlining the closer collaboration taking place between the hedge fund industry and its investor base

Wealthy individuals from the most entrepreneurial countries tend to remain in their homelands

New report ranks world’s most entrepreneurial countries

European banks hampered by ‘1970s’ tech: Deloitte

Europe's banks are under siege from digital disruption, and must make huge IT investments to remain competitive

Arc plans global expansion following Endiang deal

The acquisition was agreed in principle in January, subject to contract discussions and regulatory and other approvals which have now been obtained.

Why Investors Choose to Invest In Hedge Funds and How They Measure Performance - RESEARCH

London-based research firm Preqin today released a special report "The Real Value of Hedge Fund Investment," offering new, comprehensive data on the goals institutional investors set for hedge fund allocations and how they measure a fund's

Modern American Family Dynamics Complicate Wealth Management

Based on a nationwide survey of 680 U.S. high net worth individuals with $3 million or more in investable assets, the annual study finds that changing family structures, multi-generational and extended family circumstances, evolving gender roles, and gene

Stability to aid Switzerland in fight for offshore cash

A survey last year predicted Singapore would dethrone Switzerland as early as 2015 as the world's top center for managing international funds, but UBS's head of private banking said Switzerland's strengths went beyond its tax-haven appeal.

Schroders & experts from Imperial College London collaborate on Multi-Asset study

FSP was created in 2014 with a vision of bringing professionals from academia and industry together to promote research in quantitative finance using engineering tools, with a special focus on signal processing and optimisation techniques.

Risk back on the menu for global investors - BoAML fund manager survey

Global investors have regained an appetite for risk against the backdrop of strong liquidity and a fairly positive economic outlook, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey for June.

Burnt Out Middle East Bankers Seek Change as 53% Pursue New Jobs

More banking and finance professionals in the Middle East than in any other region are seeking new jobs because they’re feeling burned out and worry their careers are stalling, according to eFinancial Careers.

UK equities have reached £238.8bn, a post crisis record - Capita Asset Services

Private investor share of UK equities reverses 3 year decline, and exceeds combined total of pension funds and insurance companies

Singapore: a nation of entrepreneurs or wealth managers?

One of my respected mentors disagreed with me, pointing out the cutting-edge innovations in Singapore’s wealth management clusters.

World's millionaires growing, and they are getting richer

Nearly Two Million Individuals Join High Net Worth Ranks As Wealth Levels Reach Another Record High: World Wealth Report 2014

China Spiritual Investments White Paper 2014

The 60-page report sets out the number of Chinese high net worth individuals (HNWIs), together with an analysis of their spiritual investment preferences and trends, based on the results of a survey of 1019 dollar millionaires from around the country.

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