03/30/2015
How DIY Bond Traders Displaced Wall Street’s Hot Shot Bond Dealers
The development is not only shifting the balance of power in the world’s largest government bond market
Comment, Analysis & Research
03/30/2015
What happens when the rates rise in the US? by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Ms Yellen is going to be in no rush.
03/30/2015
Mirror, Mirror: 2015 Could Be Reverse Image of the Year 1981, Says BNY Mellon's Richard Hoey
Sees "Reverse Last Chance This Century"
03/30/2015
2014 Was A Good Year For Advisors
Revenue for the average advisor grew by 13 percent to $655,000 last year
03/30/2015
Private Equity's Next Frontier: Insurance BPO Drives Higher Valuations
Traditionally, insurance firms have relied on investment banks, equity markets, fixed income funds and hedge funds for growth capital. Increasingly, however, insurance firms are attracting capital from PE investors.
03/27/2015
JPMorgan retains number one spot in investment banking but revenues slip
The U.S. bank JPMorgan retained its crown as the top performing investment bank in 2014, although its revenues fell 6 percent, new data showed on Friday.
03/27/2015
100 new hedge funds set up in 2014 in Texas alone, but history shows only 10% reach $100m assets
So what’s good marketing?
03/27/2015
Big Money Market Fund Players Beginning to Implement Plans to Comply with Reform
Some of the big money market fund players are beginning to implement their plans to comply with reform, which becomes effective October 2016.
03/26/2015
Wall Street Titans Who Caused Financial Crisis Still Living Large Today
The April 2015 edition of Vanity Fair includes a feature article titled “Wall Street Executives from the Financial Crisis of 2008: Where Are They Now?”
03/26/2015
How Bank of America Is Changing the Image of Big Banks With “Better Money Habits”
Big banks are often seen as the bad guys that have gotten a bad reputation because of higher fees and past run-ins with government regulators
03/26/2015
Why Small Firms Are Declaring War on Big Banks
Community Institutions Are Getting Edgier to Win Back Market Share
03/26/2015
Views and perspectives relevant to emerging fund managers
Launch sizes continue to tick upward as well.
03/26/2015
New hedge funds net most cash since 2004
The largest fresh fund offerings came from a mix of new and old firms
03/26/2015
New research points to growing appetite for impact, sustainable investing
In a recent Morgan Stanley survey, 71 percent of active individual investors identified interest in sustainable investing
03/26/2015
Trans-Pacific Partnership Seen as Door for Foreign Suits Against U.S.
An ambitious 12-nation trade accord pushed by President Obama would allow foreign corporations to sue the United States government for actions that undermine their investment “expectations” and hurts their business
03/26/2015
Investment in financial technology groups triples to $12bn in year
Investment in financial technology companies trebled last year, providing a hint of the scale of digital disruption banks face
03/26/2015
Pershing Prime Services Shares Key Insights
Pershing Prime Services today announced the release of a new paper to help alternative fund managers better understand what to consider when looking to include liquid alternatives in defined contribution plans.
03/25/2015
States with the most multimillionaires
The United States is home to 69,560 UHNW individuals, more than any other country in the world.
03/25/2015
Does the Hedge Fund Industry Benefit Society?
Is the general’s public perception of the hedge fund industry equal to reality?
03/25/2015
Tech groups prove a lure for Wall Street
Not long ago being offered the position of Morgan Stanley chief financial officer would have been considered the industry’s poisoned chalice