05/24/2015
Contrasting views of MFSA at Finance Malta conference
Most of the speakers at the annual Finance Malta conference highlighted the innovative and proactive role of the MFSA in making Malta a “jurisdiction of choice”
Comment, Analysis & Research
05/22/2015
Retail investors are ‘unrealistic about growth – Schroders
The head of financial institutions and strategic accounts for fund manager Schroders claimed that although investors were still demanding income they were also being unrealistic about prospects for growth.
05/22/2015
Global growth in 2015 - it’s complicated by Marios Maratheftis, Standard Chartered
If the world economy is set to grow faster in 2015, then why the long faces? Well, there are several reasons.
05/22/2015
Moody's concludes reviews on 10 Polish banks' ratings
The affirmation of the bank's BCA at baa2 reflects the bank's improved capitalisation and asset quality
05/22/2015
New British banks seeing better returns and lending more - KPMG
Britain's new banks are achieving superior returns than larger rivals, picking up customers shunned by bigger lenders since the 2007-9 financial crisis, consultancy KPMG said on Friday.
05/22/2015
European Institutions Thirst for Alternatives, but the Hunger May Diminish Returns
Europe's pensions want what alternative asset managers can offer-but the high demands risk reducing the ability of some strategies to deliver
05/21/2015
Should wealth managers still offer advisory?
The rise of discretionary has continued unabated in recent years.
05/21/2015
Deloitte publishes "REflexions," a new magazine dedicated to the real estate investment management industry
In order to keep investors across the European and the Middle-East and Africa region (EMEA) appraised of developments and future trends in the real estate investment management world, Deloitte is launching its first biannual magazine dedicated to real est
05/21/2015
Weekly Close Up - Close Brothers
The darling buds of May
05/21/2015
Cofunds reports property sector at top spot but slowdown in sales
The top three selling fund providers in the Property IMA sector were from M&G, L&G and Henderson.
05/20/2015
Robo-advisers will struggle to make profit, says Morningstar
Robo-advisory firms will have to eat through all of the capital they raised in order to reach a profitable scale
05/20/2015
Dutch millionaires: wealthy but not carefree - Van Lanschot
Millionaires' assets back at pre-crisis levels, averaging €2.9 million
05/20/2015
Ucits assets reach record €9 trillion mark
Ucits assets have reached €9 trillion for the first time, according to European Fund and Asset Management Association figures for March.
05/19/2015
Euroclear Publishes Collateral Management Survey Report
Report highlights the realities facing treasurers and collateral managers in firms active in Europe
05/19/2015
Financial Times Ranks IESE Executive Education Programs 1st in the World
Participants value international approach and faculty diversity
05/19/2015
Increased regulation failing to improve levels of corporate ethical behaviour, reveals EY survey
Failing to follow up on whistleblowing allegations can seriously erode trust in an organisation’s ability to tackle fraud and corruption
05/19/2015
St. James's Place Market Bulletin
The world’s financial markets have vacillated in recent weeks and the past seven days produced little evidence of a firmer direction. Renewed anxieties over the US economic recovery restored some stability to bond markets, while the S&P 500 inde
05/19/2015
Major drag, huh ? by Tim Price, PFP Wealth Management
“We’re not gonna make it, are we ? People, I mean.”
05/19/2015
The best fettered funds of funds
Somewhat the ‘Marmite’ of investors – some people love them, others hate them – funds of funds can be a useful way to access a broad range of managers but which of those investing in-house only have fared the best?
05/18/2015
Miton's Anthony Rayner discusses “safe havens” in periods of market stress
Volatilities have been picking up across asset classes, as have correlations.