10/06/2013
U.S. Alternative Mutual Fund Assets to Comprise Close to 14% in 10 Years
"Consistent with asset managers' expectations, we anticipate the use of alternatives in individual investors' portfolios to grow,"
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/06/2013
Eugene Fama reiterates opposition to active management, high fees
Active management is a zero-sum game before cost, and the winners have to win at the expense of losers
10/05/2013
RMG Wealth Mangement's Stewart Richardson warns of factors that could derail end-of-year rally
US politicians have allowed large swathes of the Federal Government to shut down because they cannot agree a budget for the fiscal year that started on 1st October.
10/03/2013
Cerulli Projects Total U.S. Institutional Market Assets to Reach $19 Trillion by 2018
As of year-end 2012, the institutional market held $14.5 trillion in assets under management
10/03/2013
America Warns of Global Chaos If It Defaults on Debt
The World faces an even worse recession than the ongoing financial crisis if the US congress fails to lift the country’s debt limit
10/02/2013
Hobart Financial Group, Wealth Management Firm, Warns That Many Financial Advisors Are “Flying Blind”
There is a lack of knowledge among advisors, which leads to poor investment and fund management decisions
10/02/2013
HNW Investors Have Recovered From The Recession - BMO Private Bank
Sixty-one percent of high-net-worth Americans said they are better off today than they were before the 2008 recession
10/01/2013
Rothschild Market Perspective October 2013
Despite limits to potential upside, equities remain preferred asset class as markets enjoy abundant liquidity
10/01/2013
Emerging markets are still dependent
The looming spectre preying on investors’ nerves is the possibility that the US Federal Reserve could start tapering off its quantitative easing programme.
09/30/2013
Self-Servicing for Investment Reporting
The Future of Investment Reporting
09/30/2013
Global Markets Weekly 30 September 2013 - Coutts
Economic trends will be clouded by politics this week
09/30/2013
Office of Financial Research Delivers Report on Asset Management Industry
Office of Financial Research (OFR) Delivers Report on Asset Management Industry
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.