02/24/2014
Fixed Income Attribution - Expert Round up
The answers submitted by The Spaulding Group are combined from David Spaulding, Jed Schneider, John Simpson
Research
02/24/2014
RepRisk releases Special Report on MINT Countries
After Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs coined the acronym “BRIC” to refer to top emerging markets Brazil, Russia, India and China, he has now popularized “MINT” – Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey as a second category.
02/24/2014
Financial wealth in Asia more than tripled since 2001: HSBC
Financial wealth in Asia has more than tripled since 2001 to over USD 80 trillion and if the current trend persists the growth will be even faster in India than in China.
02/24/2014
How much money do UAE bankers make, and how does your salary compare?
Salaries for 2014 show 1.5 to 6% increase, depending on role
02/24/2014
Optimizing Operating Models in Wealth Management - Boston Consulting
Wealth managers face numerous challenges in their efforts to drive profitable growth. Increasingly demanding clients, rising business complexity and costs, and difficult macroeconomic conditions are all taking a toll.
02/24/2014
Fund managers optimistic about 2014 - Towers Watson
Although expectations for government bond yields continue to be near historic lows and concerns about low growth persist.
02/24/2014
Global assets under management to exceed $100 trillion by 2020: PwC
Global assets under management (AuM) will rise to around $101.7 trillion by 2020, from a 2012 total of $63.9 trillion, says a PwC report released today. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 6%.
02/21/2014
Women overtake men for first time in financial jobs race
Women are starting to outnumber men in the race for jobs in the financial sector.
02/20/2014
Cerulli Expects IRA Market Will Account for 35% of Total Retirement Market Assets by 2018
"The lack of widespread use of in-plan retirement income solutions means assets accumulating in a defined contribution (DC) plan will eventually shift to an IRA," states Bing Waldert, director at Cerulli.
02/19/2014
AIC: UK most favoured among the high net worth
Some 33% of investors plan to make no changes to their portfolio, whilst 7% plan to decrease their stockmarket investments.
02/19/2014
Corporate Earnings: Crises as Big Turning Points - Market comment, LGT
Relative to emerging market corporate earnings, profits of developed market companies stabilized shortly after the last financial crisis – and have been consistently catching up since late 2010.
02/19/2014
Hedge Funds Start 2014 in the Red
According to Preqin’s Hedge Fund Analyst, hedge funds made a loss of 0.17% in January 2014, the benchmark’s first month in negative territory since August 2013.
02/19/2014
IFG Islamic finance 2014 outlook survey: Hopes of a transitory slowdown in growth
Survey respondents expect Islamic finance assets growth to slow in 2014, but the slowdown that respondents predicted could perhaps be more transitory after several years of vigorous growth following the financial crisis rather than an indication that the
02/19/2014
Understanding AIFMD and Gaining a Passport to the European Market - SEI
The possible structuring options and associated costs ► Practical tax and legal considerations
02/19/2014
European regulations mean additional costs and pressure to outsource
Two-Way Street
02/18/2014
Majority of Fund Managers Think Investors Still Won't Be Engaged in AIFMD Considerations by 2015 - Northern Trust
More than 50 percent of fund managers, prospective clients and consultants attending a recent Northern Trust seminar on the European Union's Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive
02/18/2014
Top five business technology trends for 2014
The trends have been selected from a new white paper, ‘What’s Hot in 2014’, which was commissioned by Advanced.
02/18/2014
Did anxious City traders trigger the global recession?
High levels of stress hormones can lead to decreased risk taking
02/18/2014
2014 Alternative Investment Survey highlighting key trends shaping the hedge fund industry - Deutsche Bank
Allocators from 29 different countries completed the survey. Approximately half (46%) of responding investors manage $1bn+ in hedge fund AuM, and 18% manage over $5bn.
02/17/2014
Julius Baer Releases Asia Insights 'Investment Opportunities'
Are China and South East Asia swapping places in terms of investment appeal?