From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Feb 12, 2012

Jittery fund buyers go for brands

BlackRock

Trusted brands are winning over product and performance, research shows

Industry trends

Pedestrians walk outside the New York Stock Exchange
A raft of challenges made 2011 the toughest year yet for providers
– Special report
EU commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier
Post-crisis reforms have provoked a backlash and caused confusion
– Special report
From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Feb 12, 2012

Low yields warning on ‘safe haven’ properties

Analysis suggests looming losses for recent buyers of top-end properties

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Feb 12, 2012

Demand keeps gilt yields low

Call for emerging markets to create their own risk free assets

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Feb 12, 2012

M&G top UK retail brand in 2011

The group gained £4.29bn in new inflows and even saw in increase in the final quarter

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Feb 12, 2012

Managers fail on ESG integration

Portfolio managers are failing to integrate ESG factors into their strategies

Alchemy
Hand holding £20 notes From REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Feb 12, 2012

UK asset managers’ pay levels in question

Shareholder activists can hardly tackle reward for failure if they too are overpaid

From FTFM OPINION Feb 12, 2012

No end soon to markets’ herd-like moves

Last year’s bad bets have rebounded, but it is a temporary respite

Face to Face from PEOPLE IN FUND MANAGEMENT Feb 12, 2012

Henderson lifts public profile after acquisitions

Henderson has learned lessons from the purchase of New Star and Gartmore

Arlene McCarthy ©AFP From REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Feb 12, 2012

Rules threaten fact finding

An EU clampdown on insider trading could hit simple research

From FTFM OPINION Feb 12, 2012

A brand new route to retail success

The old rules no longer apply as brands, fees and boutiques rise in rankings

From FTFM OPINION Feb 12, 2012

Are law firms ready for outside investors?

Any ambitious law firm would be a good bet, but the partners must be amenable

View from the US from FTFM OPINION Feb 12, 2012

Why no EU plan for default or euro exit?

A boring contingency plan should be devised for exit from the euro

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Feb 12, 2012

GMO investor clued up on human beings

How behavioural investing can help avoid likely investor mistakes

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Feb 12, 2012

Polish managers expect slow recovery

Outflows were high last year, but the industry hopes Polish investors will return

From FTFM OPINION Feb 12, 2012

Debt managers call on agencies to reassess Indonesia

EM debt managers think agencies should upgrade countries like Indonesia

From REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Feb 12, 2012

Many hoping regulators turn ‘bad’ rules ‘good’

Concern is mounting about overlapping and overreaching rules

From FTFM OPINION Feb 12, 2012

Sure signs Asian bond market picking up

Strength in Asian currencies in early 2012 could help reassert belief

From REGULATION & GOVERNANCE Feb 12, 2012

US agrees to enter Fatca partnerships

US concessions could save European fund managers up to $1bn in costs

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Feb 12, 2012

Activity key to bond success

The JPMorgan Strategic Bond fund spreads its bets, finds Simona Stankovska

From INVESTMENT STRATEGY Feb 12, 2012

New funds: February 13

UBP Asset Management has launched a European ‘dividend+’ fund

From PEOPLE IN FUND MANAGEMENT Feb 12, 2012

Movers & shakers: February 13

A round-up of the latest career shifts in the fund management industry

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