11/01/2012
Responsible Investing Solutions Launched by Northern Trust
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Comment, Analysis & Research
10/31/2012
State Street Corporation: Investor Confidence Index Falls by 6.7 points in October
The State Street Investor Confidence Index was developed by Harvard University professor Kenneth Froot and Paul O'Connell of State Street Associates.
10/31/2012
US revival faces tough fiscal headwind - Schroders
“The US housing market is certainly picking up pace with a 15% jump in new builds in September.
10/31/2012
US revival faces tough fiscal headwind - Schroders
“The US housing market is certainly picking up pace with a 15% jump in new builds in September.
10/31/2012
Private Wealth Owners Discover Peer Power, Not Pressure
The ah-ha moment comes when you put the right people together in the right place
10/29/2012
Top investment managers lose assets
Assets managed by the world’s largest 500 fund managers fell by around 3% to US$63 trillion in 2011, breaking a trend of the last two years which had seen assets rise by 16% and 4% in 2009 and 2010, respectively.
10/28/2012
Two Nations, Two Systems, Same Outcome by Justin Urquhart Stewart
All good libertarians necessarily approve of democracy over oligarchy or dictatorship.
10/28/2012
Firing on some cylinders - Gary Dugan, Coutts & Co
Financial Markets were mixed last week as investors continue to wait for the US presidential elections on 6th November.
10/25/2012
Fiscal Cliff Likely to Slow Growth, but Not Cause Recession - BNY Mellon
The U.S. fiscal cliff is not likely to send the economy into a recession, according to the October Bond Market Observations from Standish Mellon Asset Management Company LLC, the Boston-based fixed income specialist for BNY Mellon.
10/23/2012
Winning Strategies' to Improve Outcomes for Defined Contribution Plans - RESEARCH
'Path Forward' Study Looks at Investments, Fees, Governance and Retirement Income
10/23/2012
NY hedge fund managers: Boy, how things have changed!
Over the past ten years, the image of hedge fund managers has morphed from being the ultimate money manager with a touch of mystery and a stroke of genius to a rather plain and public figure.
10/21/2012
The US Raises the Roof - Well Just a Little! by Justin Urquhart Stewart
If you want to spot an encouraging sign in the US economy, then it's probably worth looking at its most decimated sector for the past few years - property.
10/21/2012
Floods of money don’t overwhelm a cliff - Coutts
With equity markets retreating from recent highs, the US fiscal cliff remains the main source of investor concern as we head towards the end of the year.
10/18/2012
The Biggest Concerns of Affluent Women
Affluent women live complicated, busy, and stressful lives.
10/16/2012
Cautious outlook for global economic growth - Threadneedle
Threadneedle’s quarterly Economic Review meeting in September reaffirmed our cautious outlook for global economic growth.
10/11/2012
Executive Compensation Tops ISS List for Investors and Issuers
On this, shareholders and corporate issuers can agree: executive compensation will continue to be the top priority for the next proxy season, according to a new survey by leading advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services.
10/10/2012
Global View From Asia - Bonds can lose you money too - Coutts
There is a positive mood spreading through the financial markets. Yes the Euro zone continues to cause problems and Turkey’s face off against Syria is worrisome -- but the largest economy in the world is showing signs of life.
10/08/2012
Half of Wall Street Employees Expect Bigger Bonuses
Almost half of Wall Street employees expect their year-end bonuses to be higher this year than they were a year ago, according to an eFinancialCareers.com survey.
10/07/2012
Hiring for wealth management pros increasing at banks
Houston banks appear to be hiring wealth management professionals and private bankers
10/04/2012
United States -Teetering on the fiscal cliff - Schroders
With the first of the presidential debates now underway, Keith Wade, Chief Economist at Schroders gives his view on the potential for political chicanery, and implications for financial markets, in the last few months before the US reaches its fiscal clif