Archive » 2011 » Issue 89 (April)
Guiding clients through these troubled times
05 April, 2011
Events in Japan and North Africa are worrying investors, while their managers are more concerned about EU rules
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Japan’s economy facing aftershocks
05 April, 2011
Two Tokyo-based financiers give their views on what the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan will mean for the economic outlook
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Playing at inward wealth segmentation
05 April, 2011
The UK government is introducing new levys on wealthy non-doms, but there are also moves afoot to encourage investment from the seriously rich
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A proactive approach to maximising returns
05 April, 2011
Institutional investors across Europe are grappling with how best to turn volatility from risk into opportunity. Ceri Jones reveals the results of our investor survey
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Dominic Blum, Deutsche Bank |
Deutsche’s ‘third pillar’ restarts German offering
05 April, 2011
Dominic Blum, Deutsche Bank’s head of product design for retail and private clients, has steered his factory away from brokerage to portfolio management
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Manuela D’Onofrio |
UniCredit striving to bridge the cultural divide
05 April, 2011
With operations all across Europe, UniCredit must combine centrally-determined principles with a wide range of local preferences
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Should investors favour exposure to developed or emerging markets?
05 April, 2011
Chris Godding (left), EMEA CIO at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management and Paul Marson, CIO at Lombard Odier Private Bank, debate whether to favour allocations to developed or emerging markets
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Finding the right balance
05 April, 2011
Wealth managers lost control of their advisers during the financial crisis and are now looking to tighten the reins, but will this lead to one-size-fits all portfolios?
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Structured products back in the limelight
05 April, 2011
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Jane Balen Petersen, Barclays Capital
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With investors’ confidence returning in recent months, appetite for structured products, which were almost fatally wounded by the financial crisis, is on the rise
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George Tsapouris, Coutts |
Inevitable rate rises will provide welcome tonic
05 April, 2011
Clients of liquidity funds are increasingly demanding active management of their portfolios to achieve a balance between safety and performance
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Rhian Horgan,JP Morgan Private Bank |
Allowing investors a smaller bite of the private equity apple
05 April, 2011
Private equity allows investors the chance to get at opportunities not available through public markets and funds of funds can provide a more affordable way in
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Georg Lasch,
BNP Paribas Securities Services |
Boutiques making way for the bigger players
05 April, 2011
The upcoming AIFM Directive could well push the cross-border funds industry further towards large-scale operations
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Charles Muller, Alfi |
Luxembourg seeking new markets to stay ahead of rivals
05 April, 2011
Alfi's Charles Muller discusses Luxembourg's growing Islamic investments industry and moves promoting Ucits products to Asia
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