01/08/2015
A recent Cerulli Associates survey of European asset managers revealed that 77% expected to allocate more to marketing in 2014. And significantly, no manager intended to reduce their marketing budget.
01/08/2015
The ECB has been hogging the limelight over the past six months with European government bond yields collapsing in anticipation of further monetary easing
01/07/2015
More than a quarter of fund managers and consultants surveyed at a Northern Trust seminar on regulation said they believed investors in funds are now demanding products fully compliant with new regulations.
01/06/2015
Family offices in Europe are far less interested in managing family philanthropy than originally thought
01/05/2015
Now that Christmas and New Year’s celebrations have been dispensed with, the really big seasonal marker is looming into view: bonus time.
01/05/2015
The decoupling of the US from Europe is mainly the result of two central banks which adopted a completely different approach to kick start their economy.
01/05/2015
Wondering how your family office stacks up against others around the world?
01/05/2015
2014 was a year in which regulatory pressures caused existential threats to much of the financial services industry, with new liquidity rules putting more of a demand on banks.
01/03/2015
They handle your money, but do fund managers put their own wealth into the portfolios they offer? New research reveals who has 'skin in the game'
01/02/2015
Party’s drive to woo City investors, shown in leaked internal 2012 report, saw Ukip outspend Labour for first time last May
01/02/2015
Combined market capitalisation of Chinese and Indian stocks stands at US$5.2tr more than that of Russia and Brazil as economic gap widens
01/02/2015
My prediction for the coming year: the face of banking as we know it could be much changed
01/02/2015
Russia's troubles highlight emerging-markets bond fund risk
01/02/2015
The final Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index edged up to 50.6, less than the 50.8 score estimated initially, from 50.1 in November.
01/02/2015
Young adults under the age of 25 could be more vulnerable to money transfer scams than other age groups
01/01/2015
Switzerland is currently the strongest underweight in our European Dividend portfolio as a result of our buy and sell discipline based on dividend yield.
01/01/2015
As the Swiss welcomed in the New Year, a raft of new laws and regulations came into effect, many of which will hit the pockets of normal citizens.
12/30/2014
Margaret Thatcher was warned in 1986 that the “Big Bang” plan to liberalize the U.K. stock market might lead to an increase in fraud, internal government papers published today show.
12/30/2014
One caveat is that the revenues that the bank generates outside the UK amount to about 60% of the group's total
12/30/2014
Our research identifies the Isa funds that were in demand in 2014, with Neil Woodford taking top spot