Archive » 2011 » Issue 91 (June)
Alternatives fighting to win back investors
01 June, 2011
Institutional investors are moving into hedge funds but are private clients set to follow their lead?
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Virginie Maisonneuve |
Fragmentation of the global village
01 June, 2011
A number of potentially divisive cultural, economic and social issues are having an increasing impact on investment decisions.
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Questions arise over St. James’s Place future
01 June, 2011
The to and fro; the will they, won’t they; the back and forth: just what are the intentions of the Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) as majority shareholder in wealth management group St. James’s Place (SJP)? Despite stating again last year that its 60 per cent stake in SJP would not be offloaded, the question just will not go away.
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Credit Suisse’s new breed target super rich
01 June, 2011
Heading up the Credit Suisse team focusing on the ultra rich, Blake Shorthouse believes the Swiss bank’s integrated approach is the key to cracking this profitable segment.
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What is the right approach to financial regulation?
01 June, 2011
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Guillaume Prache, Managing Director at EuroInvestors |
EuroInvestor's Guillaume Prache and Kim MacFarland from Investec Asset Management discuss the increasing levels of regulation facing the financial world
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Reconditioning hedge funds
01 June, 2011
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Joe McDonnell Morgan Stanley |
The hedge fund world is changing, both in terms of the business models and products on offer and in the types of investors they are looking to attract.
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Debt burdens driving down valuations
01 June, 2011
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Joerg Zeuner VP Bank Group |
Germany is leading northern Europe out of recession while the south continues to suffer from debt issues, but it is a company’s links to emerging markets that is catching investors’ attention.
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Are structured products back on the table for private clients?
01 June, 2011
Having been hit hard by the fallout from the financial crisis, what role do structured products have in private client portfolios? PWM invited eight leading figures to debate the state of the market.
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Speculative investors take profits and run
01 June, 2011
Increasing demand for commodities over the long-term seems assured, but fears over a slowing global economy are leading to extremely volatile prices.
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Christophe Gruenig, Vontobel |
Turning long-term trends into sustainable profits
01 June, 2011
The increasing demand for luxury brands and an ageing global population are two long-term trends that thematic funds are looking to target.
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Products fund selection
01 June, 2011
Each month in PWM, 12 top European asset allocators reveal how they would spend €100,000 in a fund supermarket for a fairly conservative client with a balanced strategy.
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European funds industry readies itself for Kiid
01 June, 2011
The Key Investor Information Document is a major component of the upcoming Ucits IV directive, but it brings a number of challenges for the industry.
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