Overheating emerging market economies are exporting inflation to the rest of the world. But as investors' inflation expectations rise, so does the cost of...
Now that the industry has largely accepted the benefit of automating cross-border orders, efforts are focusing on standardisation in processes. Nicholas Pratt examines the...
Nicholas Pratt looks at an initiative to trade investment funds on Germany's stock exchange that could bring down costs associated with transfer agency.
The cost,...
Cross-border fund mergers were mooted as a means to consolidate smaller funds, but how viable is this process? Nicholas Pratt reports
When Ucits IV was...
Empirical tests would surely show that pension funds using risk management tools would have superior results. But the reality is more complex, explains Samuel...
The looming implementation of the Aifm (Alternative Investment Fund Managers) Directive and the passporting opportunities afforded by new Ucits IV regulatory measures are generating...
Institutional investors increasingly regard emerging markets as strategic investments, not tactical ones, according to a new report from Schroders' head of emerging market equities,...
Two Hertfordshire County Council pension schemes will be saving £1.6m over the next eight years after appointing the London Pension Fund Authority (LPFA) to...
