05/03/2016
World's Biggest Investors Step Up Action to Protect Millions of Pensions from Climate Risk
Pension funds account for nearly two thirds of the index (322) and insurers nearly a quarter (118).
Comment, Analysis & Research
05/02/2016
Nomura Publishes NOMURA FIG Index
The trend of recapitalization using the capital securities is rapidly widespread starting from Europe.
05/02/2016
CFA Institute survey indicates substantial impact of robo-advisers on investment management
Investment professionals concerned with flaws in automated advice, mis-selling of financial advice, and data protection
05/02/2016
Japanese money in offshore tax havens could solve a lot of problems at home
Japan’s political elite is so far untouched by the scandal.
05/02/2016
Corporate wrongdoing now endemic in Australia, report shows
Australia Institute report says regulators pursue hundreds of cases a year and calls for budgets and staffing to be restored
05/02/2016
Catering to Asia's millionaires: luxury real estate and beyond
At the top of the pyramid are ultra-HNWIs in Asia Pacific, with investable assets of more than $30 million and accounting for 0.7% of all such millionaires or around 40,000 people.
04/29/2016
Maturing cycle but opportunities remain
The results of this year’s survey point to a maturing cycle with rising risk and an increasingly complex investment climate.
04/29/2016
Whatever will 'whatever it takes' mean in Japan?: James Saft
There is very little of the power and magic of the unknown here.
04/29/2016
London overtakes Singapore as 2nd biggest offshore yuan clearing centre: SWIFT
Singapore overtook London in February 2014, but the trend started to reverse in January this year.
04/29/2016
Investors’ views on bonuses, talent pools and value creation poles apart from CEOs- but they agree on cyber threats and key markets
Redefining business success in a changing world
04/28/2016
Factor Investing Gains Popularity In APAC
According to the survey, respondents believe factors can help to deliver long-term outperformance, decrease overall portfolio risk, increase transparency in portfolio construction and provide a better understanding of past and future drivers of return.
04/28/2016
Trust in financial advice falling
A growing number of respondents also believe that financial advice is 'only for the wealthy', in 2012
04/28/2016
CFA Institute survey indicates substantial impact of robo-advisers on investment management
The Fintech Survey, which measured the opinions of CFA Institute members globally, found it unlikely that automated financial tools will replace engagement with human advisers for high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals
04/28/2016
Taking the Digital Route to Assets China and India embrace digital distribution tools at their own pace
Cerulli expects the pace of growth towards digital engagement will tend to be slower and more calibrated in India than it is in China.
04/27/2016
Singapore's slow economic growth environment expected to continue: MAS
While the US is still expected to grow at a modest pace, Singapore may not be able to fully capitalise on it as most of US growth will be driven by domestic spending, said MAS.
04/27/2016
Japanese investors wary as BOJ decision expected
With investors having lost between 16 and 23 percent in the four largest Japanese banks so far this year, shareholders are likely to be nervous
04/27/2016
UBS says Hong Kong traders should be worried amid China defaults
Defaults are a relatively new phenomenon in China, which had its first such case only in 2014.
04/27/2016
Spotlight Shining On China Real Estate In Market That Refuses To Quit
Real estate remains a stronghold of mainland China savings.
04/26/2016
Morning Coffee: Nomura’s surviving bankers suffer further humiliation. When you join Goldman Sachs at 21 and everything goes right
Managers of the business reportedly asked for a pool of $50m pool to disburse among the 39 remaining members of the team ($1.7m each).
04/25/2016
Aegon Life Eyes Breakeven By 2018
Aegon Life Insurance Co Ltd is hopeful of achieving financial breakeven by 2018