07/25/2017
Passive managers are increasingly interested in ESG
Regulators have contributed further with the adoption of stewardship codes in several countries, including the UK, Switzerland and most recently Japan.
Comment, Analysis & Research
07/25/2017
Can John Cryan Save Deutsche Bank From Itself?
Despite a legacy of troubles and now questions about Trump, the CEO says the worst is behind Deutsche. His overhaul could be the $1.9 trillion lender’s last, best chance.
07/25/2017
AI May Soon Replace Even the Most Elite Consultants
Allows some of UBS’s European wealth-management clients to ask Alexa certain financial and economic questions.
07/25/2017
Advisers favouring multi-asset funds in bid to simplify fund administration
Use of model portfolios is, however, down from 41%2 in 2016.
07/25/2017
St. James’s Place – "Tech companies flying high"
In fact, US technology stocks had their own frigatebird moment back in 2000, reaching a stock market peak on 27 March of that year. Last week the S&P 500 Technology index, having risen 20% this year, finally topped that high for the first time.
07/25/2017
Wealthy people passing on 'wrong assets' before death, says adviser
People plan to pass on cash
07/25/2017
Nearly 126,000 People Employed In UK Renewable Energy Industry
What is deeply frustrating is that this growth could have been greater.
07/25/2017
Euro zone business growth slows at start of second half
Growth in the last quarter was forecast at 0.5 per cent.
07/24/2017
IT’S A GIRL!!!!!!! by Penny Lovell
The message, it seems, is clear: a shape-shifting, time-travelling alien with two hearts from the planet Gallifrey can be openly accepted and loved the world over. But only if he’s male.
07/24/2017
Ask the FT by Tim Price
I sat at my desk wringing my hands, transfixed by the tragic slapstick of British politics..
07/24/2017
The party is not over yet for the world’s largest fund managers
Is profitability declining for all investment houses, asks Miles Johnson
07/24/2017
Pressure on banking sector: Competition and regulators will squeeze revenues
The banking sector is under renewed assault from tech-driven start-ups and aggressive regulators a decade after the credit crunch.
07/24/2017
Fund managers face $1m price tags for research
Banks are locked in tense negotiations over how much to charge investors under Mifid II
07/24/2017
London ‘venue of choice’ for Middle East listings
It would be good for Saudi Arabia and for London to form the Western venue for the listing.
07/24/2017
Buyers weigh active manager renaissance after H1 surge
Similar gulfs have emerged in the IA Global, Europe ex UK and Global Emerging Market sectors.
07/24/2017
The Netherlands is world’s biggest conduit to offshore tax havens: research
The building blocks of our method for identifying OFCs are what we call global ownership chains (GOCs)
07/24/2017
Steve Webb: How do we overcome advice scepticism?
It uses data on thousands of people from the Office for National Statistics’ wealth and assets survey who were tracked over time.
07/24/2017
Wealthtech scores record number of deals in Q2 2017
UK-based challenger bank Atom Bank received the most investment of any Wealthtech company in the first two quarters of 2017.
07/24/2017
Hedge fund risk remains a moveable feast
This persistent, low volatility environment has created nuanced responses.
07/23/2017
Why South Africans are moving to Malta
This is being driven by the low cost of investment as well as affordable property prices for those those currently looking in South Africa’s high-end market.