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Survey Reveals More than Half of Asset Managers are Not Confident in the Accuracy of their Investment Performance Numbers

Asset managers surveyed represent $22.5 trillion in assets under management

UK and foreign investors drive Spain's property market recovery

Spain's property market is enjoying a foreign currency-driven recovery, new research showed.

3 Reasons Why Barclays PLC Will Struggle To Grow For The Rest Of The Decade

At first glance, Barclays (LSE: BARC) looks to be a great investment. The company currently trades at an attractive forward P/E of 11.6. Earnings per share are set to expand 34% this year and 23% during 2016.

Why policy divergence signals the next step in the evolution of multi-asset funds

From benign investing environment to dramatically diverging world

Chinese Financial Investors Further U.K. Expansion

An increasing number of key Chinese acquisitions are now being done with the help of special financial companies that venture as joint investors or initiators of deals in capital and private equity funds.

How Private Investment Is Changing World Real Estate [Survey]

The Weight Of Money: How Private Investment Is Changing World Real Estate by WealthBriefing

Accord on Greece is finally in sight

A similar development can be seen in the “expected employment” index, which is based on a survey of Greek companies.

Novia Sees 70% Increase In ETF's On Platform

The most popular ETFs on the platform are the iShares JPM USD Emerging Markets and the iShares MSCI Far East Ex Japan ETF.

Last chance? - St. James's Place Market Bulletin

Once again, all eyes were on Greece as the “game of chicken” between the country and its creditors continued to be played out. Those were the words of Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, after a meeting of eurozone finance minister

How EU managers can crack the US regulated fund market

Through May 2014, that figure had grown a further 18 per cent to over USD300 billion.

Record Number of Hedge Funds Now Operating Around World - HFR

The hedge fund industry set a new record during the first quarter when an industry research group said 10,149 funds are operating around the world even after hundreds of existing funds shut their doors during the same time.

Asset managers are not as posh as you think

Asset managers are largely free of the “class ceiling” plaguing other sectors of the UK’s financial services and legal professions

Good times beckon for equity fund managers

The great rotation theory never took off

U.K. Bankers More Likely to Misbehave Under Pressure, PwC Says

“Tough medicine prescribed by regulators to curb conduct issues meets the public appetite for retribution. But pay regulation based purely on pay structures and penalties can unintentionally create the very conditions that make unethical behaviour m

Why Invest in Infrastructure? - Deutsche Bank

Parts of the asset class do remain more or less off limits.

Coutts: Changing nature of Greek default

The options for Greece are certainly stark

The only thing we have to fear.. by Tim Price

“You might think it would have been impossible for an investor to lose money during a century marked by such an extraordinary gain. But some investors did. The hapless ones bought stocks only when they felt comfort in doing so and then proceeded to

Can Ireland Help Bridge the Funding Gap in Europe?

In Europe, approximately 80 percent of corporate lending is provided through the banking sector

Top 10 Global Cities for the World's Wealthy

Which cities around the world are most important for the world's wealthy?

Repositioning Private Capital: Money Movements Around The Globe

Over the past six years, there have been substantial withdrawals from offshore client accounts, to the tune of as much as CHF350 billion.

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