Managers of Wealth Americas

Double-Digit Reductions in U.S. Natural Gas Trading

Decreases extend multiyear trend of falling trading volumes

Pensions Have $1.4T Invested in Alternative Assets: Survey

About $6.3 trillion in assets were in the hands of 623 large alternative-investment managers at the end of last year

How to Invest Like Warren Buffett: Lessons From Coca-Cola and IBM

Want to invest like Warren Buffett? Buying companies with solid competitive strengths for the long term is the way to go.

The Venture Capital and Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index

This is the sixth edition of the Venture Capital and Private Equity Country Attractiveness Index.

Alternative funds add $600 bln in assets to manage $6.3 trillion

In the ranking CBRE Global Investors ($82bn) is the largest real estate manager and TPG Capital is the largest private equity manager with $67bn.

Millionaires Prefer the Old-Fashioned Way

Millionaires much prefer telephone calls or in-person meetings with their financial advisors to texting or communication on social media.

Traditional Retirement “a Romantic Fantasy,” Say Boomers and Gen X-ers

Gen-Xers lost almost half of their wealth in the economic collapse, compared with 28 percent and 25 percent of early and late Baby Boomers, respectively.

Profiling Female Hedge Fund Performance And Noting Differences

This is another area where women have a slight edge.

ITG Releases Hedge Fund CFO Survey

The survey polled more than 40 attendees of ITG’s CFO dinner in New York in late June

The world’s super-rich are seeking second citizenship in these eight countries

The UK has the third highest number of millionaires in the world behind the US and Japan.

Firms Paid Millions to Manage RI Pension Money They Didn’t Have

It’s a common industry ruse that prudent pension fiduciaries should avoid

The Rise of the Alternative Investment Market

These groups of investors will increasingly seek branded multi-capability firms.

Millionaires Will Hold 46% Of Global Wealth By 2019

At the very upper end, households that have $100 million or more in wealth are expected to hold approximately $13 trillion by the beginning of 2019

Retirement asset management lucrative, but not foolproof

However, the money that is new went to the firms doing the best already

Canadian companies looking to expand beyond borders for ‘significant opportunities,’ HSBC exec says

In Canada, from the companies I’m talking to about how they’re looking directionally for growth

Global wealth management industry had a solid business year

In spite of financial market uncertainties and currency volatility most lead players experienced overall growth in client volumes. However, the latest KPI growth rates came off the higher ratios in the previous reporting year.

Deloitte: Women joining but not leading boardrooms globally

The percentage of board seats held by women is currently 15 percent and 6 percent of board chairs are women.

Big-Firm Brokers Sadder Now and More Likely to Leave

UBS ranked 5th with 683. Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley came in 6th and 7th with 645 and 611 points.

Here are the riskiest banks in Massachusetts

A ratio of 100 percent or greater is a sign a bank is flirting with failure.

S&P Capital IQ Adds Intra-Day Pricing on Munis to its Roster of Pricing Products and Services

Provided by Standard & Poor’s Securities Evaluations Inc., a business unit of S&P Capital IQ specializing in multi asset class mark to market solutions, the new service will enable users to track pricing on over 3 million bonds throughout th

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