06/06/2012
RBC Global Asset Management has announced that Brown Advisory has been appointed as sub-advisor for RBC Private U.S. Growth Equity Pool. This change will be effective as of June 18, 2012.
06/06/2012
The dollar, US Treasuries and German Bunds have been the safe havens of choice in recent months, while gold has moved in tandem with riskier assets that are under increasing pressure from the euro zone crisis.
06/01/2012
This is a significant sale for the RBS Non-Core division, which continues to make good progress in reducing the £258bn of assets it held at its inception in 2009.
05/30/2012
Money talks and scientists walk.
05/30/2012
The world's biggest bank by market value, ICBC is the top player by volume on China's gold and futures exchanges, but its participation in foreign markets is limited to over-the-counter trading, which reached a total $90 billion last year.
05/30/2012
Alternatives continue to gain assets, bucking the trend in U.S. equities, but growth and excitement seem to be diminishing
05/28/2012
Gold price retreated on Wednesday when European leaders took no new actions after the informal European Union summit.
05/28/2012
ABN AMRO is one of the top players in trade financing for commodities and energy, and competes globally with France's BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA), among other European players.
05/25/2012
The survey, which polled individuals with an average net worth of $1.4 million in nine Asian countries, focused on how satisfied these millionaires were with their lives and what their expectations were for future wealth creation.
05/25/2012
Helvetia, Switzerland’s fourth-biggest insurer, focuses on middle-income groups and doesn’t sell life products known as wrappers to wealthy private banking clients.
05/25/2012
Mr. Adams ran Morgan Stanley's interest-rates trading desk in Sydney, Australia, specializing in trading Australian and New Zealand government bonds. He also traded government bonds issued by governments throughout the Asian-Pacific Region.
05/24/2012
Singapore Exchange and UOB Bullion and Futures Limited have announced that they are setting up a new Professional Traders Development Centre to grow and strengthen Singapore's talent pool of professional futures traders.
05/18/2012
Social media is increasingly influencing the world of finance and investing. Some hedge funds use Twitter to capture investor sentiment on a given stock and some central banks use internet data to help them gauge economic conditions.
05/18/2012
Citi has been ranked #1 in global custody services by the world's leading asset managers, asset owners and banks in the 2012 Global Custody Survey compiled by Global Investor.
05/16/2012
Standard Life Investments has announced wednesday that it has been appointed by Nykredit, one of Denmark's leading financial services groups, to manage an €80m and growing segregated European Corporate Bond portfolio.
05/15/2012
Proposed changes to the regulatory regime governing Switzerland’s fund industry have prompted a number of alarmist headlines in recent weeks.
05/14/2012
The markets generally overreact to negative news, however, investors should keep in mind gold’s normal monthly historical volatility.
05/11/2012
Jane Turner, manager of Schroders’ multi-manager funds, is cautious about the near-term outlook for markets following a difficult 2011 and a rally in which she was held back by exposure to US high-yield debt and defensive shares.
05/10/2012
HYEM seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of The BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield US Emerging Markets Liquid Corporate Plus Index (EMHY), which is comprised of U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issu
05/10/2012
Investment bankers covering financial institutions in Moscow are hoping for bountiful months to come in equity issuance.