Autumn 2014

ARGENTINA: Never giving in

Opportunities for distressed debt investors are diminishing as governments look to adopt a new approach to dealing with sovereign default, effectively removing vetoes blocking...

SPONSORED STATEMENT: Guernsey – a fresh solution for a new world

Visiting Brazil, Chile and Colombia earlier this year I was struck by the way in which Latin American institutional investors are shifting their allocations...

COLOMBIA: The bond in a dividing nation

Despite being Latin America's third-largest economy equity managers aren't unified on the merits of Colombia. This isn't the case for bond managers, discovers Nick...

COLOMBIA ASSET SERVICING: Breaking open Colombia’s banks

New rules mean mutual funds must use third-party depositaries, not local banks. Nicholas Pratt looks at how a market, where Citi was the only...

INVESTEC GLOBAL DISTRIBUTOR INSIGHTS: Transparency and communication

In a new series, Funds Europe in conjunction with Investec Asset Management, looks at the challenges affecting fund distributors around the world. Jean Pierre Serani...

STRATEGY: Accelerated growth

Latin America could be the fastest growing region in the next five years, finds Andrew Short. Though good for international asset managers, it makes...

PIONEER CONFERENCE: Be long, be careful

Stimulus measures and recovering economies support investment in risk assets like equities. Pioneer Investments advocates risk, but says diversification is more urgent. Pioneer Investments has...

RETAIL DISTRIBUTION: A preference for the simple

The Brazilian retail opportunity is starting to shift to broader asset coverage, though investors like simple products, finds Andrew Short, who looks at how...

INVESTMENT STRATEGY: Cuban revolution

Cuba is subject to a strict embargo by the US and is not part of international capital markets. Florida-based Thomas J. Herzfeld tells Stefanie...

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

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CLOUD DATA PLATFORMS

Luxembourg is one of the world’s premiere centres for cross-border distribution of investment funds. Read our special regional coverage, coinciding with the annual ALFI European Asset Management Conference.
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