05/18/2015
Small caps set to climb as IPOs grow and Europe recovers
The UK small cap market is set to regain traction on the back of weak sterling, a stronger IPO market and the more positive outlook in Europe.
Comment, Analysis & Research
05/18/2015
Asset managers often side with management on controversial issues, ShareAction report says
The investment charity's report Asset Manager Voting Practices: In Whose Interests? examined the voting records of the UK's 33 largest asset managers at company AGMs in 2014
05/18/2015
It may sound like something out of a Tolkien story by Justin Urquhart Stewart
The Battle for the Three Unions
05/17/2015
Sovereign Wealth Funds to Become Ever More Influential Investors in Real Estate - RESEARCH
84% of sovereign wealth funds are below their target allocations to real estate; these investors are set to become even more important to the real estate asset class
05/15/2015
European bank chief says stimulus working
European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi said the ECB's economic stimulus program is working but needs more time to bring European inflation back to healthier levels and restore consumer and business confidence
05/15/2015
Analysis of Britain's £9 trillion of wealth reveals a deeply divided nation
UK families hold a combined wealth of more than £9.1trn – the equivalent of £326,414 for every household in the land
05/14/2015
Election impact shortlived, say fund managers
Following last week's general election in the UK, a number of fund managers and analysts have given their reaction. We round up some of their views.
05/14/2015
Natixis Global Asset Management Named Winner of Kolbe Corp Conative Excellence Award
The award honors an organization for using the Kolbe SystemTM of instinctive strengths assessment to achieve positive, quantifiable results in major projects.
05/14/2015
The DNA of a CFO – do you have what it takes?
CFOs need strategic planning skills, a proactive approach and the ability to cooperate with the sales function in order to succeed in the top finance job, according to one-on-one interviews with 145 CFOs by recruiting experts Hays.
05/14/2015
xpat property buyers optimistic after UK election result, reports Offshoreonline.org
Expats are once again looking forward to the traditionally busy pre summer house buying period after a number of threats have been removed from the UK buy to let market, following the Tory victory in the UK general election last week.
05/14/2015
The Schroders Global Investment Trends Survey 2015
Over-confidence amongst retail investors globally with majority expecting a return of 12% over the next year
05/14/2015
New Sponsorship opportunities available at Cowes Week, the World’s Best-Known Sailing Regatta
Cowes Week Ltd today announced used sponsorship opportunities for brands looking to align with the Cowes Week regatta and capitalise on the next phase in the event’s developmen
05/14/2015
Russia crisis to hit ex-Soviet states harder than expected: EBRD
Russia's gross domestic product is due to contract by 4.5 percent this year and 1.8 percent in 2016, according to the EBRD's latest economic forecast issued during its annual meeting held in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
05/14/2015
BNY Mellon named #1 among The Experts in 2015 R&M Investor Services Survey
The Experts category captures responses from those clients which take services from five or more providers.
05/13/2015
Dogs will become too expensive in the future and we’ll have to buy robo-pets
Here’s some seriously bad news for lovers of man’s best friend
05/13/2015
Euro Banking Association Reports On Bitcoin Benefits
Over the past five years, cryptotechnologies have surfaced as major IT innovation with the potential to improve the architecture of systems and processes in a number of digital transaction-based industries.
05/13/2015
The Eurozone’s catch-up rally has only just begun by Mikio Kumada, LGT Capital Partners
Eurozone equities have surged since last fall, driven by a prospective and then eventual relaxation of monetary policy.
05/13/2015
European Managers Fine-Tune Expansion Outside Home Markets
Cross-border managers plan to increase their sales efforts in Italy, France, Spain, and Germany during 2015, according to research by Cerulli Associates
05/13/2015
Cybercrime will Cost Businesses Over $2 Trillion by 2019 - RESEARCH
Hacktivism Professionalising and Going After Bigger Targets
05/13/2015
Wealthy turn their noses up at high IFA charges: survey
An Unbiased survey of its listed advisers showed a 14 per cent decrease in the average hourly rate from £175 an hour in 2013 to £150 an hour in 2014.