Emerging Markets
Daily News Analysis
Manulife Asset Management Appoints Emerging Markets Debt Team
15 May 2013
Manulife Asset Management has hired an emerging markets debt portfolio management team in the shape of Roberto Sanchez-Dahl and Paolo Valle, who join the firm as managing directors and senior portfolio managers. As members of the firm’s fixed income team, Sanchez-Dahl and Valle will manage an emerging markets debt strategy for institutional clients and certain wealth management businesses of Manulife Financial and John Hancock . Reporting to Christopher Conkey, global chief investment officer, the pair will also support other global debt strategies investing .
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Investment Outlook: Mexico's Sizzling Investment Prospects
1 March 2013
The investment appeal of Mexico is underrated and the country should continue to benefit from its proximity to the US, according to Henderson Global Investors. The firm also points to remittances from US-based workers and an improving domestic economy as contributors to Mexico’s beaming investment horizon . Meanwhile, President Enrique Peña Nieto, who was elected last July, has promised a slew of economic and social reforms related to tax, energy and education in a bid to boost competitiveness.
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Foreign Firms Face Stiff Competition From Locals In Brazil Wealth Market - New Study
18 January 2013
Foreign players face stiff competition in Brazil as local firms vie to strengthen their positions, a new study says.
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Hong Kong Tops Emerging Markets ESG League Table
8 November 2012
Investors who wish to invest in emerging markets on the basis of their sustainability should be investing in Hong Kong, which has topped a new league table which assesses countries on the basis of environmental, social and governance factors. Having assessed 85 emerging markets states, ING Investment Management placed Hong Kong at the top, with Chile, Singapore, Barbados and the Czech Republic comprising the rest of the top five . Pakistan was found to be the worst performing market on an ESG basis, with Iraq, Nigeria, Angola and Cote d’Ivoire also in the bottom five.
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Emerging Market Hedge Funds Start 2012 With A Bang – HFR
31 May 2012
Emerging market hedge funds had their strongest first quarter in six years, gaining 7. 3 per cent in the three months to 31 March, new research shows . Chicago-based Hedge Fund Research said that capital invested in emerging market hedge funds soared to $127.
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Features
Formalizing The Role Of Family Office As Risk Manager – New FOX Study
22 June 2012
A family office’s central role is as a risk manager, says FOX in a new study, and this idea needs to be formalized to create the right focus for staff and clients.
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Take Advantage Of Wealth Transfer Opportunities In 2012 - Wilmington Trust
8 February 2012
Attractive opportunities in wealth transfer planning were tempered by projections of slow domestic growth and anemic returns on investment-grade bonds and cash at Wilmington Trust’s annual press briefing in midtown Manhattan yesterday.
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North America Executive Moves Round-Up December 2011
4 January 2012
A round-up of the key moves in the North American wealth management industry for December 2011.
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North America Executive Moves: October 2011
7 November 2011
Here, the significant moves in the North American wealth management market for October are summarized.
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The Challenges Banks Face In Wealth Management After Q2
17 August 2011
After second-quarter results delivered some harsh realities to a number of banks, especially those vulnerable to the strength of the Swiss franc, many have reiterated their strategies to develop their wealth management businesses, even as they embark on wider cost-cutting strategies.
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News and Features
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Comment and Analysis
EXCLUSIVE: Citi Private Bank: Reaping Rewards From Client Feedback
WE Family Offices Sets Out To Reshape The Landscape Of UHNW Wealth Management
FEATURE: A Look At The Mexican High Net Worth Client Market
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EXCLUSIVE: Industry Leaders Debate Hot Topics Of Client Centricity, Communications
Expert Commentary
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- Opinion of the Week
- Industry Insight
- View from the Top
- Editor's Choice
- Investment Strategy
INTERVIEW: UBS Unites Its Wealthiest US Clients In "Safe Haven" Forums
Over the past decade UBS has organized a number of programs internationally for its most sophisticated and wealthy clients to encourage what it describes as the “cross-pollination” of ideas on a range of wealth management issues.
Eliane Chavagnon
20 May 2013
Guest Opinion: An Earnings Report Every Hedge Fund Manager Should Review
Here Diane Harrison, principal and owner of Panegyric Marketing, argues that the debate over fees in the hedge fund industry often focuses on the wrong topics.
Diane Harrison
20 March 2013
Q&A: Rockefeller & Co's Jimmy Chang On The Investment Environment
Here, Jimmy Chang, a senior portfolio manager and a managing director of Rockefeller & Co, discusses some issues around investing in the current environment.
Harriet Davies
4 April 2013
INTERVIEW: Regular Risk Reviews Gain Traction In The Family Office World
The period between 2008 and 2012 saw an uptick in risk reviewing business at New York’s Rothstein Kass Family Offices Group, says partner Evan Jehle.
Harriet Davies
9 April 2013
FEATURE: Twins And The Business Of Family
Building functionality into a family’s business affairs involves defining each person’s role but it’s never easy to think differently about family members who were children at the dinner table, but are now adults around the board table.
Charles Lowenhaupt
8 April 2013
Guest Opinion: Diversification In The Age Of Globalisation
Marc Odo, director of research at software and business intelligence firm Informa Investment Solutions, discusses why diversification failed during the credit crisis.
Marc Odo
25 March 2013
