02/24/2014
Wealth managers face numerous challenges in their efforts to drive profitable growth. Increasingly demanding clients, rising business complexity and costs, and difficult macroeconomic conditions are all taking a toll.
02/24/2014
Global assets under management (AuM) will rise to around $101.7 trillion by 2020, from a 2012 total of $63.9 trillion, says a PwC report released today. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 6%.
02/20/2014
"The lack of widespread use of in-plan retirement income solutions means assets accumulating in a defined contribution (DC) plan will eventually shift to an IRA," states Bing Waldert, director at Cerulli.
02/19/2014
According to Preqin’s Hedge Fund Analyst, hedge funds made a loss of 0.17% in January 2014, the benchmark’s first month in negative territory since August 2013.
02/19/2014
Survey respondents expect Islamic finance assets growth to slow in 2014, but the slowdown that respondents predicted could perhaps be more transitory after several years of vigorous growth following the financial crisis rather than an indication that the
02/18/2014
The trends have been selected from a new white paper, ‘What’s Hot in 2014’, which was commissioned by Advanced.
02/17/2014
"The allocation to ETFs among RIAs grew 48% from 2011 to 2012," comments Kenton Shirk, associate director at Cerulli. "The RIA channel is an extremely attractive opportunity for asset managers."