10/21/2013
Regulators in Asia are considering ways of facilitating cross-border distribution in the region, either by creating a regional alternative to UCITS (Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) or via bilateral agreements between cou
10/21/2013
The advice industry is paralysed by a fear of doing wrong, which has led to a "commoditisation of investment solutions"
10/20/2013
Mr. Fama developed the efficient market hypothesis that share prices should have a tendency, at any point in time, to discount all known public information.
10/20/2013
When writing about the frustration of the Japanese premier Abe-san's at being able to implement reforms
10/20/2013
European bank investors were braced Monday for a fresh round of fines to hit bank profits and dividends
10/20/2013
There is less of a focus on smaller IFA firms
10/20/2013
Marc Faber, The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, shares his views on how inflation has impacted global wealth.
10/19/2013
Britain’s army of five million private investors was last week the target of a marketing blitz to promote “ethical” funds – despite a number of flaws tainting this industry.
10/18/2013
How to manage risks and grow family wealth
Wealth owners have come to associate risk with volatility.
10/17/2013
Much has been made in the press this week about celebrities looking to avoid paying tax in the UK by becoming ‘tax exiles’.
10/16/2013
According to our survey, hedge fund managers are convinced that the costs and resources associated with regulatory compliance are only set to increase over the next five years.
10/16/2013
European and Japanese Equities Retain Positive Sentiment
10/15/2013
Richard Buxton’s decision to leave Schroders for Old Mutual Global Investors in March has helped boost a number of UK equity funds as investors switched holdings.
10/15/2013
Credit Suisse has integrated a new administration and trading service to its iCPPI hedging platform.
10/15/2013
Senior employees at corporate headquarters seek to exert more control across all the firm's offices, while local teams hold on tight to their autonomy
10/15/2013
Kennox Asset Management is likely to target high end investment managers, and single and multi-family offices in Switzerland for the Ucits version of its Strategic Value Fund.
10/14/2013
The problems in the US are only symptomatic of the trials and tribulations being seen in many G-7 countries as they attempt to cut the burden of government debt.
10/14/2013
Hope and history - St. James's Place
History is not a guide to future performance, but that rarely stops financial markets and investors from glancing back in the hope of gleaning what might lie ahead.
10/14/2013
Market timing, although scoffed at by many as impossible or pointless, has taken on far greater importance in the last few years
10/14/2013
The latest high-profile victim of stress and exhaustion comes just days after the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development /Simplyhealth annual absence survey