09/30/2014

Google study heightens fund industry fears

Google has commissioned research on how it could enter the asset management industry, adding weight to widespread fears in the fund sector that the world’s biggest internet companies could destroy the livelihoods of established fund houses.

09/30/2014

Culture matters: Business performance follows culture

One firm that gets the link between culture and performance is the Canadian wealth management business, RBC. A market leader based on assets under care, RBC Wealth Management Canada views culture as a strategic enabler.

09/23/2014

More People Buying Art as Investment

Investing successfully in art has always been a bit of a quagmire: opaque, inscrutable, unpredictable, ruled by passionate collectors and secretive insiders, a dangerous game for amateurs.

09/23/2014

Hitting the Target with Risk Factor Investing - Northern Trust

As greater numbers of institutional investors turn to equity strategies that capture style factors such as volatility, value, momentum or yield, most continue to lack clarity on the factor exposures across their combined equity portfolios