12/21/2017
Europe's Biggest Asset Manager Needs to Look East
Vanguard, for example, has taken in more than $330 billion this year, with second-placed BlackRock Inc. snagging about $200 billion.
Comment, Analysis & Research
12/21/2017
The Big Picture for Business - 2017 review and 2018 outlook
There were two notable bounce-backs from recession in Brazil (from -3.6% last year to 0.7% growth) and Russia (1.8% growth forecast).
12/21/2017
Net sales of worldwide investment funds rise to record level in Q3 2017
Balanced/mixed funds represented 18 percent of the worldwide total, whereas the asset share of money market funds was 11 percent.
12/21/2017
Increased Focus on Data Management for 2018
In many cases modernization of data management and internal control procedures is required.
12/21/2017
What is Christmas?
It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace. Agnes M. Pharo
12/20/2017
11 things that could change banking jobs dramatically in 2018
What remains to be seen is precisely how many jobs will move.
12/20/2017
Wealth and Asset Management Firms Are Ahead of Banks in Race to Embrace New Technology
65% of respondents working on the buy-side believe technology is fundamental to the survival of their business
12/20/2017
Twelve Days of Christmas for Investors - Day 7 by Gary Dugan
The overriding need is it to improve the quality of global growth making it more inclusive and sustainable.
12/19/2017
Ming’s report on banks not so mighty
Irish MEP’s document asks whether ECB and Irish banks colluded to hide losses
12/19/2017
Twelve Days of Christmas for Investors - Day Six by Gary Dugan
Fixed Income: looking down the barrel of lower returns
12/19/2017
Is it possible to put a value on Bitcoin?
The geeky economist in us is inclined to say that we can, but the real world is often more complicated than models allow.
12/19/2017
St. James’s Place – 'For now, there is no stopping this bull market'
Bears – even a few bulls – worry that the current bull market is already mature.
12/19/2017
No tax haven, but this label can cost Malta untold harm
One can speculate that the EU was somewhat tolerant of Malta’s system when accepting our membership bid
12/19/2017
How Europe's top institutional managers will pay for research
Amundi will directly foot the bill for external investment research, as will several major Dutch asset managers
12/19/2017
German business confidence falls
Companies assessed their own current situation as better
12/18/2017
GUEST ARTICLE: Now where did I put those carrots?! by Penny Lovell
I’ve come up with a list of favourite Christmas things to do together, both at home and in London
12/18/2017
Twelve Days of Christmas for Investors - Day Five by Garry Dugan
Geopolitical risks for 2018
12/18/2017
Put a January investment ‘detox’ at the top of your New Year financial resolutions list - Jason Hollands, Tilney
With that in mind, Jason Hollands, Managing Director of Tilney, suggests eight New Year Resolutions savers and investors, anxious to get their finances in shape in 2018, might consider. And the good news is that while many of us break our Resolutions part
12/18/2017
Why investors must consider social responsibility - UBS
For 20 years I answered that question by citing the influential article, “The Social Responsibility of Business is to Increase its Profits,” by Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman.
12/18/2017
Retailers Positioned to Benefit as Banks Open Their Networks
The goal is to drive increased competition, innovation and transparency across the European payments market while enhancing the security of Internet payments and account access.