08/21/2014
The property sector has returned to the top of the IMA leader board, as the bestselling sector with the highest percentage of net sales in July, according to figures from Cofunds, the leading general investment platform in the UK.
08/20/2014
A survey of 2,500 businesses in 34 economies finds that businesses are being driven towards more socially and environmentally sustainable practices not simply by brand building or altruism, but because it makes good financial sense.
08/18/2014
Wealth Managers are embracing a breadth and depth of third party services not seen in other markets.
08/18/2014
The decrease was driven by further falls in spending on gas and electricity, food and drink and fuel.
08/15/2014
For the leaders of the Brics countries, the announcement in July of their agreement to establish a "New Development Bank" and a "Contingent Reserve Arrangement" was a public-relations coup.
08/15/2014
This EBRD working paper by Ralph De Haas reviews the literature on the benefits and risks of global banking, with a focus on emerging Europe.
08/14/2014
Standard Life Investments highlights that investor interest in a range of real assets has been building for some time and that long-term investors are increasingly considering real assets to assist with enhancing portfolio diversification and liability ma
08/13/2014
The Jersey Companies Registry, which is part of the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the “Commission”), has won a leading international award for its recently introduced Security Interests Register.
08/12/2014
SNL Financial Ranks the Top 20 European Banks by Market Capitalization
HSBC leads SNL Financial's biannual ranking of the 20 largest European banks by market capitalization, while BBVA and other Spanish lenders scoot upwards.
08/12/2014
BNP Paribas Paid $8.97 Billion for Violating Sanctions Against Iran, Cuba and Sudan
08/12/2014
BNY Mellon investor relations survey reveals an increased focus on international markets as a source of raising capital
08/12/2014
Europe Bears Brunt of Falling Sentiment but Emerging Markets Thrive
08/11/2014
Firms in London’s main financial district, known as the City, awarded new hires with an average pay increase of 20 percent in July as companies added employees in product control and information technology
08/11/2014
The ranking, the first prepared by Mergermarket product InfraDeals, aims to capture deals in the energy, transport and social-infrastructure sectors whose steady inflation-linked revenues are favoured by institutional buyers.
08/11/2014
If enough investors believe in this thesis, it will undoubtedly become self-fulfilling as the herd stampedes for the exit
08/10/2014
According to FTfm’s 11th annual survey of asset managers, the UK pension fund assets of the top 20 investment houses active in the market rose 8.5 per cent to £1.2tn in 2013
08/10/2014
There were 90 investment trusts at the outbreak of war; some managed to increase dividends - and you can still invest today
08/10/2014
The new figure represents a vote of confidence by the SWFs in the global economic recovery, which has gradually gathered momentum since the crisis.
08/10/2014
Assets declined slightly from their record high of US2.64 Tn in June to US2.62 Tn at the end of July.
08/07/2014
Alternatives that are marketed to mom-and-pop investors will remain red-hot