09/11/2019
State Street Global Advisors publishes engagement stats
Last year SSGA sent letters to 344 companies raising gender diversity concerns
Comment, Analysis & Research
09/10/2019
Investment Professional of the Future
Changing Roles, Skills, and Organizational Cultures
09/10/2019
Being Part of the In Crowd
How to harness the power of a connected network.
09/09/2019
15 extreme risks for investors revealed
Willis Towers Watson believes that, in this environment there is no ‘single answer’ for portfolio construction.
09/08/2019
SunTrust Bank to Donate $250,000 to American Red Cross for Hurricane Dorian Disaster Relief
SunTrust Bank also Accepting Financial Donations at All Branches
09/06/2019
Pennsylvania Has a Looming Retirement Crisis
That’s about half of what financial advisors recommend to maintain one’s pre-retirement standard of living.
09/06/2019
Chicago’s deficit heralds US pensions crisis
New mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled $838m shortfall last week
09/05/2019
The Art of Money Laundering
“Sometimes,” he says, “the provenance of the funds can be more critical than the provenance of the art.”
09/05/2019
Mastering the operational challenges of hybrid funds by Umer Malik, SS&C
The idea of having access to both liquid and illiquid investment strategies through a single vehicle is appealing to both individual and institutional investors.
09/03/2019
The Top 30 Largest Foreign Holders Of U.S. Treasury Debt: Japan Surpasses China
Other major countries holding U.S. treasuries include the United Kingdom ($341.1 billion), Brazil ($311.7 billion), Ireland ($262.1 billion), Switzerland ($232.9 billion), Luxembourg ($231 billion), Cayman Islands ($226.6 billion), Hong Kong ($215.6 billi
09/02/2019
Fund management chiefs hit by big pay cuts in 2018
Sector reins in awards but CEO remuneration still faces scrutiny
09/02/2019
Top 20 pension funds’ AUM declines for first time in seven years
Assets under management (AUM) at the world’s largest pension funds fell in value by 0.4%
09/02/2019
Fund managers slash exposure to global equities on trade war fears
US 30-year Treasury plunges to record low
08/30/2019
Both sides of the same coin? Examining the rise of sponsor-to-sponsor deals
Sponsor-to-sponsor deals involve PE firms on both sides of a transaction – buy side and sell side.
08/29/2019
Investor confidence down by 8.7 points in August
“Investors are expressing renewed risk aversion in the midst of heightened volatility in the financial markets and a renewed inversion of the treasury yield curve.”
08/28/2019
Investment market update - what’s happening beneath the scaremongering headlines?
Nobody knows the answer but we are anticipating that, at some point, markets may become too negative and provide investors with a good opportunity to add risk.
08/28/2019
RESEARCH: InFocus Report Outlines Latest Cyber Risks
Biometric data regulation varies at the state level and has been a focus of U.S. federal and international legislators and regulators
08/27/2019
Trump says he won't jeopardise US wealth on climate dreams
US president has reversed environmental protections put in place by his Democratic predecessor
08/27/2019
SEI embraces intelligent automation
This is possible because it can help businesses to better streamline workflows, reduce redundancies, and overcome the growing complexity of data management.
08/26/2019
Blame The Fed For The Coming Pension Fund Crisis
More pensioners + fewer workers = pension funding shortfall.