09/30/2013
Office of Financial Research Delivers Report on Asset Management Industry
Office of Financial Research (OFR) Delivers Report on Asset Management Industry
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/30/2013
Is the Pump Primed For Emerging Markets Investors?
The vulnerabilities—or rather, perceived vulnerabilities—of emerging markets have been the focus of heightened discussions over the past few months.
09/29/2013
Hedge Fund vs. Family Office
And remember folks - keep those hedge funds on safety.
09/29/2013
Here Are The 50 Most Innovative Companies In The World
In its new report, The Most Innovative Companies 2013: Lessons from Leaders, the firm reveals the 50 companies that this year's sample of over 1,500 international executives ranked as the most innovative.
09/29/2013
First Global Sovereign Asset Management Study Released Today
The first Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study was released today.
09/29/2013
Financial crisis ‘led to the loss of 7m jobs’
The human cost of the financial crisis was the obliteration of 7m jobs across the developed world since the second quarter of 2008
09/29/2013
Boutique Asset Managers Need to Clear ‘Institutionalization’ hurdle to Achieve Agile Growth - RESEARCH
This is defined as the growing list of operational and organizational minimum requirements an asset manager must meet in order to attract assets.
09/28/2013
We need strong banks with good balance sheets
The authorities’ effective crisis management reflected their acute awareness that banks were highly indebted
09/28/2013
Mainstream Managers Face Cultural Hurdle
Several US managers have acquired alternative investment strategists in the past year in order to boost their credibility before offering such products to retail clients.
09/25/2013
Merrill Co-President Swaps Banking for Steak in London
Ahmass Fakahany ended a 20-year career at Merrill Lynch & Co in 2008 as co-president and chief operating officer, responsible for 63,000 employees in 40 countries.
09/23/2013
A Million Dollars Not What It Used to be
A million dollars just isn't what it used to be.
09/12/2013
Five Years on From Lehman Brothers - Schroders
15th September 2013 marks the 5th anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
09/12/2013
Mary Callahan Erdoes, JPMorgan’s Quiet Force in Asset Management
JPMorgan Chase’s Mary Callahan Erdoes got her first assignment managing money when she was 6 years old.
09/10/2013
Executives From Biggest Subprime Lenders Are Peddling Risky Mortgages Again
Andy Pollock rode the last subprime mortgage wave to the top then got out as the industry collapsed and took the U.S. economy with it.
09/10/2013
Advisors Split on Outlook for International Investments - Aberdeen Survey
The Aberdeen Asset Management RIA Survey found that six in ten RIAs plan to increase their allocation to international equities over the next year
09/08/2013
At play with the risk market wolves by Tim Price
“We have to turn the page on the bubble-and-bust mentality that created this mess. - President Obama, weekly radio address, August 10, 2013.
09/07/2013
Is JPMorgan going to spin off asset management ?
Rafferty Capital bank analyst Dick Bove spoke with FOX Business Network (FBN) Senior Correspondent Charlie Gasparino about what’s ahead for JPMorgan Chase
09/05/2013
The Perils When Megabanks Lose Focus
They face tougher regulations than their smaller competitors because of the greater damage their failure could cause
09/05/2013
Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman: Chances Of Another Financial Crisis 'Close To Zero'
The way these firms are managed, the amount of capital that they have, the amount of liquidity that they have, the changes in their business mix.
09/02/2013
The $10m-revenge of Paul Taubman, the man Morgan Stanley didn’t choose
It was an impossibly tough decision to make: both men were highly regarded.