05/01/2012
Currency Markets Today
From record global investment flows to macroeconomic imbalances, rising fiscal deficits and sovereign risk, and galloping currency volatility, today’s institutional investors and asset managers are vitally interested in ...
28/12/2011
Portfolio Partnership and Due Diligence
In the two years since the financial crisis, leading funds of hedge funds are attracting new investor inflows by evolving their business models to accommodate the needs of a new generation of institutional investors. He...
21/12/2011
Life Insurance: Reshaping the Product Landscape
The landscape of the life insurance industry is undergoing a dramatic shift, as changes triggered by the financial crisis and demographic change force the industry to innovate. The crisis led to depleted balance sheets, ...
29/11/2011
Client Reporting's New Paradigm: Empowerment, Choice and Transparency for the Investor
In today's information-rich environment, robust reporting is a critical component of sound investment decision-making. For wealth managers, powerful information delivery capabilities represent a key competitive advantage...
28/11/2011
The Financial, Economic and Political Consequences of the European Debt Crisis
The European debt crisis has become the dominant issue not just in European markets, but in global finance. The world is watching in fascination and with considerable concern as European governments struggle to bring sta...
21/11/2011
Regulatory Reform of the Derivatives Market: What Investors Should Know, How They Can Prepare
Major changes lie ahead for the global derivatives market with the forthcoming implementation of proposed regulatory frameworks, including the United States’ Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dod...
16/11/2011
Building Investor Confidence: A Guide for Mutual Fund Boards of Directors
In the wake of market disruptions, changing regulations and a weakened global economy, rebuilding investor confidence has become a top priority for the mutual fund industry. Today and moving forward, mutual fund boards o...
09/11/2011
Real Estate: New Opportunities for Investors
The real estate sector faces a fast-evolving environment, driven by the continuing implications of the financial crisis and the emergence of major new global investment opportunities. While there is a strong institutiona...
08/11/2011
Derivatives Servicing: Meeting Regulatory Reform Head On
As regulatory reform progresses in the derivatives market, uncertainties remain for asset owners and managers. What is already clear, however, is that a paradigm shift lies ahead and that investors should take advantage ...
07/11/2011
Passive Currency Management: Policy Decisions For Optimal Implementation
Investors were once content to focus solely on the attributes of global sectors, stocks or bonds in the belief that fluctuations between the value of their home currencies and the currencies in which these investments we...