02/09/2016
Fund Firms Fear Skill Shortage In Complex World
Fund firms are struggling to find sufficiently talented people as the world they operate in becomes increasingly complex.
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02/09/2016
Banks fall to attractive valuations after “interesting” start to 2016 - Schroders
European bank shares have fallen to optically attractive levels at the same time as capital requirements have become far clearer.
02/09/2016
UK property trusts suffer steepest fall in five years
Property buyers, particularly sovereign wealth funds, are being stretched by low oil prices and weakness in emerging market economies
02/08/2016
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Sweeps Institutional Investor's 2016 Europe Rankings
Last year the firm ranked No. 4, No. 2 and No. 2, respectively, in these annual rankings.
02/08/2016
Banking the customer experience dividend
How to create growth in a changing market? KPMG Nunwood's latest analysis shows that customer experience is the key to achieving growth.
02/08/2016
Asset managers set to lose out as Europe's institutions band together to invest
However, the developing trend is not the death knell for independent managers, says Cerulli Associates, the global analytics firm. "In fact, net demand for third-party managers in infrastructure and property may well grow," notes David Walker, i
02/08/2016
Where are we in the Credit Cycle? by Standard Life Investments
Bank lending standards have tightened in emerging markets, and there are nascent signs of tightening in the US, although European lending is still loosening.
02/08/2016
Coutts Global Markets Weekly: Global growth continues
Meanwhile, accommodative central bank policies should keep interest rate risk low
02/07/2016
Lehman Bros. hit the rocks, but lives on as Scotch
He is describing his flagship Scotch whisky, labeled Ashes of Disaster.
02/05/2016
Morning Coffee: Credit Suisse bonus pain horribly compounded. Senior bankers’ strange alternative careers
Bonuses at Credit Suisse are deferred for three years.
02/05/2016
Bankers’ bonuses are bigger than last year’s, but majority say it is not enough money
Just 24% of Merril Lynch bankers were reportedly satisfied with their bonus payments, compared to 45% who said they were not happy about the sums.
02/05/2016
British bankers are not happy with their massive bonuses because they think their colleagues get more than them
However, well over a third say that they’re not satisfied with their bonus, and a lot of that is apparently down to a lack of transparency in the bonus system.
02/05/2016
Bankers Fight For Scraps
The aim for all three is to scale back in investment banking, where results are weighed down by post-financial crisis capital rules and volatile financial markets.
02/04/2016
Three quarters of high-net-worth individuals plan to invest more in 2016
14 per cent responded No and 10 per cent did not yet know.
02/04/2016
OMI tackles high net worth channels with new investments
One year on from rebranding Skandia International as Old Mutual International, sales director Marcel Bradshaw talks about the positive impact of the process, the rationale behind the company’s sponsorship of the England rugby teams and the shift to
02/04/2016
European corporate bond yields fall back below zero
Research from CreditSights shows that investment grade bonds from companies including French bank Credit Agricole and German industrials conglomerate Siemens are all yielding close to zero.
02/04/2016
Carney is being 'too aggressive' on interest rate hike threats and is 'confusing the markets'
The interest rate has been at that level since 2009.
02/04/2016
Top UK income funds revealed: Size matters as Unicorn magics its way to the top, but big guns fall from grace
Sanlam Private Wealth's bi-annual income study reveals the best all-rounders within the UK Equity Income sector on a five-year basis.
02/04/2016
Credit Suisse’s 36% bonus cut, and 7 other things you must know about its results
Salespeople and traders at Credit Suisses’s global markets business are likely to be crying into their envelopes this week and next.
02/03/2016
Schroders: Where we are seeing market opportunities and risks
At Schroder's annual investment dinner, held in London, fund managers exchanged views on the current and future potential opportunities in markets around the world. Here, we round-up their insights on a challenging market environment.