04/13/2015
Italy leads as fund sales rise
The UK saw the largest outflows, at €1.8 billion, followed by Netherlands and Denmark.
Comment, Analysis & Research
04/13/2015
Are we Overheating Yet? How can we tell? by Justin Urquhart Stewart
the rear view mirror and to try and see if the last problem is about to repeat itself - again.
04/13/2015
Passive way to invest in property
How investors can get exposure to real estate through passive products.
04/13/2015
‘Dull work, flat pay and lousy colleagues’
Global survey finds deep frustrations at heart of financial services
04/13/2015
Radical Change Needed To Close Hedge Funds Gender Gap
The research, which is sourced from Preqin’s online databases, found that women in C-level positions at single-manager hedge funds are 11.2% of the total headcount in Asia
04/13/2015
Equities, oil 'best asset classes for 2015'
Equities will be the best-performing asset class in the next 12 months according to 51 per cent of high net worth investors in Europe, while a fifth (18 per cent) said oil could outperform in 2015, according to a report.
04/09/2015
Investment fund assets reach all-time high
This was on the back of positive net sales recorded in the US
04/09/2015
Behind Bank Valuations Lies Distaste for Investment Banking
Investors may be overvaluing some lenders with simpler business models
04/09/2015
Quarter of European sovereign bonds yielding negative returns
A quarter of Eurozone sovereign bonds were yielding negative returns in March after the European Central Bank began its €1.1trn (£80bn) quantitative easing programme
04/09/2015
Corporate cash cows drive out investment bulls
Concern grows at lack of corporate capital expenditure in QE era
04/09/2015
Do-It-Yourself Investment Culture Takes Steady Upward Path
In the United Kingdom retail direct-to-consumer (D2C) and D2C platform distribution is on the rise, and the rest of Europe will follow in the long term
04/09/2015
Winners and Losers of European Quantitative Easing
Standard Life Investments looks at how different asset classes, economies and global markets are adapting and behaving since the ECB’s announcement of €60bn of bond purchases a month until autumn 2016.
04/08/2015
Finland's richest 1% own growing share of net wealth
The richest one per cent of households own a growing share of all net wealth in Finland
04/08/2015
Law firms report strong year, according to survey
As in previous years, participants provided two years' data - the most recent accounting period and the previous one
04/08/2015
Europe is the world’s most attractive hotel investment destination
The Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) hotel investment market is set for another bumper year, strong returns, fair value and more debt help to put Europe at the top of international hotel investors’ wish list.
04/08/2015
The resurgence of the European hedge fund industry
When we wrote about the European hedge fund industry a year ago, we described several long-term trends that had emerged recently and were contributing to the reshaping of our industry1.
04/08/2015
Which degree will get you a high paying investment banking job?
11% of IB directors have maths and statistics degrees and 10% are engineering graduates.
04/08/2015
HNW clients will not follow adviser: study
The research by NPG Wealth Management, SEI and Scorpio Partnership showed that only 19 per cent would pursue their adviser if they moved to a different wealth management firm.
04/08/2015
Will global investors shun emerging markets in 2015?
Investors around the globe are planning to cut their exposure to emerging markets in 2015, according to a Legg Mason survey.
04/07/2015
A Quarter End Report by Justin Urquhart Stewart
The end of the first quarter has surprised many with such a positive performance for equities generally.