10/21/2014
Appetite for investment trusts on platforms jump 30%: AIC
Purchases of investment companies by advisers and wealth managers on platforms increased by 29 per cent in the second quarter this year, compared with the second quarter of 2013
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/21/2014
Economic impact of Ireland’s stock market and securities industry
Having a local stock market and securities industry directly supports 2,100 jobs in Ireland and is worth €207 million each year to the Irish economy, according to a major independent study published today.
10/20/2014
The Sum of All Fears by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Last week we saw a bursting of some of the complacency of the past few months.
10/20/2014
Why BPES, the next acronym the finance industry will have to worry about, with boost AIFM registrations
Luxembourg is the largest investment fund centre in Europe and the second largest in the world after the US.
10/20/2014
Exodus! One third of wealthy Londoners "to leave London in next five years"
Sixty-three per cent of HNWIs in London say they live in the region because it was where they were born or grew up
10/20/2014
Investors Shun Advice as Platforms Take Off in Europe
Cerulli Associates' research found that many investors at all levels--from mass retail to ultra-high-networth
10/17/2014
Yellow Umbrellas by Geoff Cook, Jersey Finance
A Finance Manifesto
10/17/2014
The 10 keys to happiness revealed
We are 58 before we really get the balance between work and life right
10/15/2014
BofA: Investors ditch equities amidst global recovery worries
Respondents have lost their appetite for Emerging Markets and European equities. Both current positioning and intentions for the next 12 months have turned negative or neutral. Instead, they have regained faith in the U.S. market and increased their prefe
10/15/2014
European growth scare – how bad is it? by Stephanie Butcher, Invesco Perpetual
As more doom and gloom is predicted for Europe with growth grinding to a halt, even in the traditional economic powerhouse of Germany, Invesco Perpetual’s Stephanie Butcher, European Equities Fund Manager, remains upbeat and highlights reasons to be
10/14/2014
World Wealth Rises at Fastest Rate Ever Recorded - Credit Suisse
The Number of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals Has Grown
10/13/2014
One third of IFAs still opting for rebated share classes
Almost one third of advisers are still choosing to invest their clients’ money into rebated funds
10/12/2014
Eurozone Souffle by Justin Urquhart Stewart
History does not repeat - well that is my view - but it does resonate.
10/12/2014
Market failure by Tim Price
There are two ways of learning how to ride a fractious horse
10/10/2014
No miracle solution by Guy Wagner
Through their actions, the central banks are making life hard for savers who are not prepared to take risks and who traditionally favour money-market investments rather than term deposits or savings accounts.
10/10/2014
Invesco euro equity duo top amLeague’s overall rankings
Asset Management’s Jeffrey Taylor and Matthew Perowne have topped amLeague’s September rankings after posting the strongest performance across all three of the competition’s mandates.
10/09/2014
Deloitte Romania Survey: 58.5 percent of businesspeople think Romanian tax system is favorable
Most local businesspeople perceive Romania's tax system as favorable; 58.5 percent of them responded positively to a direct voting opinion poll carried out by Deloitte Romania at their conference on fiscal issues Tax&Legal 2014.
10/09/2014
Quarterly Economic Outlook – John Greenwood, Invesco Perpetual
Invesco Perpetual’s Chief Economist John Greenwood gives his view on the sub-par performance of the global economy and warns of slow improvement in 2015
10/08/2014
Wealthy Spaniards and Greeks have felt the pinch from the economic crisis
Overall, Europe’s total net wealth sits at €56 trillion, the report says, up 1.7% on the previous year and exceeding pre-crisis levels.
10/08/2014
AIC bemoans IFAs holding trusts but refusing to recommend
The director general of the Association of Investment Companies has bemoaned the fact that a number of financial advisers are not offering investment companies to their clients, despite seeing the benefits and using them in their own portfolios.