Managers of Wealth Americas

JPMorgan tops list of risky banks: government study

The study's numerical score is a measure of a bank's risk as a ratio of the total risk contained by a worldwide group of banks.

Study Finds Investor Bias Against ‘Foreign-Sounding’ Names

These kinds of behavioral biases are the ones that investors should try to overcome

Crisis benefits asset managers, pay catching up with investment bankers

Tighter regulation has curbed the ability of investment banks to trade with their own money while tougher capital requirements designed to prevent another crisis have reduced their revenues and profits.

Investors Exuberantly Bullish on Europe After Promise of ECB Action - BofA Merrill Lynch

Weakening Expectations in China Limit Impact on Global Growth Outlook

The Top ETFs Used by the Top Wealth Managers: Are They for You, Too?

Last year, the folks at Forbes listed the top 50 wealth managers ranking them by assets under management.

SS&C GlobeOp Capital Movement Index advanced by 0.63% in February

“Net flows were positive for the month of February, with capital activity in line with historical averages,” said Bill Stone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, SS&C Technologies.

Hilliard Lyons’ Munn ranks in top 10 regional financial advisers

On Wall Street’s annual ranking includes 40 advisers across the country

Objectives-Based Investing May Help Investors Better Achieve Financial Goals and Enhance the Advisor-Investor Relationship - RESEARCH

Advisors adopting an objectives-based investing strategy can help investors maintain a long-term view of their wealth

The World’s Wealthiest Bachelor Billionaires For Valentine’s Day - Wealth-X

They’re all under the age of 35 and richer than Midas – and single.

Wealth-X Reveals: Hollywood’s Richest Movie Moguls

In the run up to the Academy Awards on 22 February, Wealth-X today released a list of the top 10 richest individuals in the American film industry. And the award for the wealthiest Hollywood tycoon goes to George Lucas.

IT Priorities And Reguatory Environment Have Asset Managers Focused On Risk Management And Efficience

The Results Of Its Fifth Annual Survey Global Asset Management Industry

Why Public Banks Outperform Private Banks: Unfair Competition Or A Better Mousetrap?

Public banks in North Dakota, Germany and Switzerland have been shown to outperform their private counterparts.

2014 US Capital Markets Activity Reached $1.8 Trillion - PwC

The U.S. stock indices closed at record highs in 2014

Western banks under threat from Chinese dragons

American banks are still the most valuable in the world, but Chinese competitors are hot on their tail, according to a new ranking of the world’s financial institutions.

SEI Paper Reveals New Wave of Strategies to Meet Rapidly Changing Investor Attitudes

Demographic, technological, and market changes are dramatically impacting the way financial advisors interact with clients and define successful client relationships according to "The Next Wave of Financial Planning," released today by SEI.

Why makers of luxury goods are shifting focus to US

Purveyors of high-end luxury goods are chasing millionaires in the United States, as upper-income spending falters in Europe and in the emerging markets once considered luxury's promised land. And the wealth, they say, is not just confined to the Ame

Hong Kong, New York Offer World’s Lowest Office Yields: Savills

The decline in yields in Hong Kong has been driven by low supply of investment-grade buildings

Is gender a factor in fund performance?

Studies indicate outperformance of female hedge fund managers

Confidence in Advisors on The Rise?

The latest LIMRA survey shows that not only do Americans have a more favorable view of the economy, but the financial services industry is also "slowly earning back the trust and confidence of the American people,"

Global Growth Should Accelerate from Levels of Past Three Years, Says BNY Mellon's Richard Hoey

Fewer Drags Seen Slowing World Economy in 2015, 2016

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