Managers of Wealth

The rise of the digital bank

As European consumers move online, retail banks will have to follow. The problem is that most banks aren’t ready.

Hedge Fund AUM Hits Another Record In H1 2014

The total size of the industry now stands at US$2.12 trillion.

Schroders: India and South Africa are the best value emerging markets

In terms of which emerging markets offer value at present, Wade remarked that he is concerned about China, and the need for ‘parts of the economy to rein in debt levels’

Investors Positioning Aggressively for Recovery in H2 - BofA Merrill Lynch

A net 61 percent of global asset allocators are now overweight equities. This ranks as the survey's highest reading on this measure since early 2011 and represents the panel's second-strongest response ever.

How much do U.S. brokers make? Their business cards provide clues

Titles are conveyed virtually automatically to brokers who bring in enough money, even if they are relative newcomers, as long as they have not run afoul of regulations or internal rules.

SS&C GlobeOp Hedge Fund Performance Index

June performance 1.16%; Capital Movement Index: July Net Flows Decline 1.77%

Asset managers operations under pressure

According to global study by Aite Group and SunGard, asset managers and asset servicers are struggling to manage pressure on the middle and back office operations.

Global fund managers face multi-asset skills shortage

It surveyed 300 senior executives at asset management firms across Europe, the Asia Pacific,...

Fortunes of wealthiest French keep growing

Corporate success most leading French companies make their money outside France’s stalled economy mainly lay behind the rise, which followed a 25 per cent increase in 2012.

Technology and data: the trends changing the world

In its first global study, Ipsos Mori reveals how technology, economics and data are causing unprecedented change on a global scale. Matt Warman reports

U.S. Financial Advisors Try to Win Over Wary Millennials

Wealth management firms are trying to get millennials excited about investing and hope to win their trust and the sizeable wealth they are expected to control in the future.

Revealed: All the winners of Fund Manager of the Year Awards 2014

The Outstanding Industry Contribution Award went to Jupiter's vice chairman Edward Bonham Carter

Singapore’s Top 10 Billionaires

In land-scarce Singapore, real estate is king. That is why Philip Ng, CEO of Far East Organization, is the richest man in the Southeast Asian city-state with an estimated net worth of US$5.2 billion, according to a Wealth-X list of the top 10 Singapore-b

Entrepreneurs, not old money, the new face of family offices

Oracle Capital Group has just launched “The Global Entrepreneurial Report: Emerging Wealth 2014.”

Survey Says 37% of Investors Consider Books, Magazines & Online Media as Best Sources of ‘Education’

There is no clear investor-education authority insofar as investor education is concerned, a new survey by the CFA Institute showed. Among seven information sources listed in the poll, books, magazines and online media emerged as the top choice, garnering

A golden age for wealth management?

At the end of last month KPMG suggested we are entering a golden age as regulatory confusion clears. We ask four wealth managers what they think.

Channel Islands to undertake cryptocurrency review

The CIISF will be undertaking an in-depth review of the issues around cryptocurrencies

Banks and asset managers cheapening funds of funds - report

It also highlights Santander’s Max 50% Shares fund and the Old Mutual Voyager Diversified fund, both of which use several of their own funds.

Swiss asset management costs 'don't paint whole picture', experts warn

Swiss Pensionskassen are paying on average 0.42% of their managed assets in asset management fees, according to a survey by pension fund association ASIP.

Most Investors Simply “Follow Their Gut” When Making Decisions - RESEARCH

Investors worldwide are at an impasse on reaching their financial goals, relying on little more than gut instinct as a guide to investing success despite admitted lack of investment knowledge, according to a recent survey from Natixis Global Asset Managem

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