12/01/2014
European investors set up their portfolios to withstand a rise in market volatility in November, building up holdings of safe- haven cash while cutting back on riskier shares,
11/30/2014
Herds can be dangerous. Stand in the way of one and you can get trampled
11/30/2014
We believe the Federal Reserve’s large-scale asset purchase plan (so-called “quantitative easing”) should be reconsidered and discontinued.
11/28/2014
A currency-rigging scandal and an intensifying squeeze on their fees are driving fund managers to scrutinise how much they pay for the foreign exchange they need to buy overseas assets.
11/27/2014
The world is already turning on its axis even before the Fed pulls the trigger, as if the QE era were a memory
11/27/2014
When Dixon Boardman started 26 years ago ‘there were 600 hedge funds and only 100 had $100 million it was not even a cottage industry,’ he reflects on how the industry has mushroomed over the years.
11/27/2014
UK COMMERCIAL property was one of the best asset classes to invest in over the past year.
11/27/2014
Total hedge funds assets were virtually unchanged in October, decreasing 0.0002%, to USD3.020 trillion, according to eVestment’s latest Hedge Fund Asset Flows Monthly Summary Report.
11/26/2014
Russian oligarchs bought swathes of mansions in exclusive boroughs
11/26/2014
High street banks are improving but the aggressive sales culture will take years to reform
11/26/2014
High street banks in the UK have paid out £1.2 billion in fines and redress in relation to investment and pension mis-selling over the last 15 years
11/26/2014
Ventre commented that, traditionally, emerging market investments suffer when US interest rates go up, because rising rates make it more attractive for investors to ‘bring their money home’.
11/26/2014
Bank employee numbers are falling by the thousand, as modern IT automates previously manual processes.
11/25/2014
Advisers increasing minimum portfolio sizes since RDR
A survey has revealed that financial advisers have established a minimum investment threshold since the Retail Distribution Review, with advisers telling FTAdviser that £50,000 is the minimum portfolio they will deal with.
11/25/2014
Continued divergence in economic performance and monetary policy is the prevailing theme investors will have to grapple with in the year ahead, according to JP Morgan Asset Management’s Global Market Insights team.
11/25/2014
More generally, countries should look to boost long-term growth rates by accelerating structural reforms aimed at boosting productivity.
11/25/2014
As part of the partnership, Square Mile will provide Cofunds with focused fund research. Square Mile will also undertake strong fund governance using both in-depth qualitative and quantitative investment research as well as tailored support and investment
11/25/2014
These matters have to be managed through ongoing engagement with companies and the exercising of voting rights
11/25/2014
Britain’s top five fund managers control a colossal amount of assets.
11/25/2014
Due in part to German banks' reliance on interest income, now depressed due to low official rates, profits have increased less than costs, said Alexander Hendricks, associate managing director at Moody's.