07/16/2014
Islamic Finance: Dominating The Global Banking Industry
The Islamic financial industry is flourishing
Comment, Analysis & Research
07/16/2014
Thomson Reuters Extel and UKSIF 2014 SRI & Sustainability Survey Results
The 2014 Survey represents the views of over 360 investment professionals from 27 countries, making it the most extensive assessment of socially responsible investing (SRI) in the European investment community
07/16/2014
Property investors turn to Spain as Nama looks to wind up
Spain will overtake Ireland as place to buy riskier property, says report
07/16/2014
Fee pressure eases on European hedge funds as demand surges
The softening in fees that was a function of the post-crisis world has reached some kind of a plateau
07/15/2014
Global Wealth 2014: Riding a Wave of Growth
The global wealth-management industry delivered a few surprises in 2013. Excellent growth did not always translate into higher profits.
07/15/2014
The rise of the digital bank
As European consumers move online, retail banks will have to follow. The problem is that most banks aren’t ready.
07/15/2014
UK M&A value soars to highest level since 2008
Next 6-12 months provide ideal window of opportunity for further transformational deals
07/15/2014
Investors Positioning Aggressively for Recovery in H2 - BofA Merrill Lynch
A net 61 percent of global asset allocators are now overweight equities. This ranks as the survey's highest reading on this measure since early 2011 and represents the panel's second-strongest response ever.
07/15/2014
CFA Institute Calls for Greater Transparency in Bank Reporting
A new study, Financial Crisis Insights on Bank Performance Reporting, suggests that better reporting of risk, timely loan write-downs on balance sheets, and investor access to comparable reporting of information across jurisdictions, will improve transpar
07/14/2014
Happy Bastille Day by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Bastille Day is a day for national celebration and pride, and of course the events that followed the original day led to the imprisonment of the head of state and his eventual decapitation.
07/14/2014
Europe's Asset Managers Put Busy Multi-asset Arms at the Heart of Investment Customization Plans
Cerulli Associates research finds multi-asset units will play a pivotal role in building bespoke strategies for Europe's discerning institutional clientele
07/14/2014
Competition forcing funds to scrabble for new territory
Intense competition among global fund managers is forcing them to invest in a broader range of instruments, products and geographical areas to squeeze out extra performance.
07/14/2014
Advisers see increase in enquiries following Budget
The latest ‘Adviser Insight’ survey by Skandia has 963 responses from financial advisers in the UK.
07/11/2014
Baillie Gifford’s Rodger: Why we are positioned for a Widowmaker in the West
Everyone thinks rates are going to go up, but I am probably more of the view things could go the other way
07/10/2014
Barclays: The time to play defensive in Europe is over
The index compares the expectations of investors with the actual data released by companies.
07/09/2014
Channel Islands to undertake cryptocurrency review
The CIISF will be undertaking an in-depth review of the issues around cryptocurrencies
07/09/2014
Advisers optimistic on UK growth and consider UK Equity Income king of the UK sectors
UK Equity Income is the favoured UK sector for UK advisers
07/09/2014
Emerging capital markets are expected to double their global index share by 2030 - Credit Suisse
Despite rapid growth in capital-raising over the past two decades, emerging country capital markets remain underdeveloped
07/09/2014
Saxo Bank publishes its investment outlook for Q3 2014
"Without a transfer of money from the 20% back into the 80%, we will face a decade of 'Japanisation'.
07/09/2014
Dirty Cash by Tom Becket, Psigma
I read with interest that Crispin Odey has totally flattened his “book” in recent weeks in anticipation of rocky times for global asset markets; he is considered a predictive genius.