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Schroders Institutional Investor Study 2018

Insurers’ confidence levels in achieving their desired returns have also slipped from 61% to just over half at 54%.

UK economic growth slowed in Q4 of 2018, the weakest since 2012

This is much more telling in the GDP figures for December where activity fell by 0.4%.

Regulatory Outlook | Brexit 'no deal' special by Osborne Clark

Consider the wider impact on regulation Brexit continues to take up time and resource – not only for businesses but also for legislators and regulators.

MiFID II ratchets up pressure on investor relations teams as investors go direct

In a survey of IR professionals from the UK’s 350 largest companies, 44 per cent see the limited resource available to them as their primary concern, up from just 14 per cent in 2017.

Fund flows turn positive in January but underlying trend is weak, says Calastone

The weakest were European equity funds, which saw their largest net outflow since the aftermath of the Brexit referendum.

Global DC pension assets exceed DB assets for the first time

The report also found that DC assets now account for over 50% of total assets across the seven largest pension markets, for the first time.

The impact of Brexit on the green industries told by CEOs

92% of millennials are buying off ethical brands, the stats are there.

Margareta Pagano: Reports of City’s death have been greatly exaggerated

The latest Reuters survey is fact-based rather than a forecast

Bringing mental fitness to the workplace

Every single person has it, we’re just at different points on the spectrum.

Verona Kenny: “We’ve still got a long way to go before it’s 50/50”

“When you work in an environment where nine times out of ten you’re the only women and everyone else is male, nights like this are special,” she reflects.

The rise of big tech in asset management by Stephen Leggett, Calastone

Despite the challenges in the funds industry, so-called disruptors have not had the impact many expected.

An inheritance like no other? - Charles Stanley

In this first article, “An inheritance like no other?”, Glenn Baker outlines some of the new issues facing the under 45s who collectively stand to inherit a staggering £1.2 trillion of wealth

Top three financial technologies to watch in 2019 by Leo Chen, Calastone

This trend is happening across Asia-Pacific; the trading value of Australia’s ETF industry also hit a record high of $3.9 billion in October.

Fund Industry Panorama in Luxembourg

We also greatly appreciate the various business or networking opportunities that we can find in the multicultural and truly international environment of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Outrageous fortune by Tim Price

Believe in narratives, by all means.

Watch: Global equity markets, a tale of two halves - Sanlam

We provide some perspective on some of these concerns, and on what investors may expect for the remainder of 2019.

Are private equity firms becoming the new banks? - SS&C

According to Vandevelde, “By setting up huge lending arms, these firms have been transformed from heavyweight dealmakers that took stakes in companies into the principal bankers for a large tract of corporate America.”

Revealed: All the winners at the Professional Adviser Awards 2019

Montage and Premier multiple winners

The Investment Fund Industry: Latest Trends in a Dynamic Market

Few fund structures are held in such high esteem as UCITS, a product which helped augment Luxembourg’s position as a leading European fund domicile and is widely purchased by retail and institutional investors worldwide.

Monaco, the playground of the rich and famous that may be turning the tax tide

India is hosting Prince Albert II, the monarch of Monaco, a principality synonymous with being a tax haven and an iconic F1 race. ThePrint explains.

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