Temple Associates

Just when you thought the 1000+ pages MIFID nonsense could not get any worse this news hits the wire. Could it be that it was all along the ...

This article points to a weakness in the bank's staff development program. It should be one of the key - if not the key - responsibiliti...

Maybe at first sight it appears reasonable to wave any fund management fee if the performance does not match the agreed benchmark. And why n...

Let self-interested promoters and their acolytes in the Media invest their hard-earned savings in a bit of (hot) air, or better: some digits...

All very well, consolidation, getting critical mass etc - but is 3% of AuM not a bit rich for a business with wafer-thin (and still trending...

Maybe a bit exaggerated, but there is an element of truth in it. The fees charged by Management Consultants - esp. the largest ones - are ou...

The Securities Diaspora gathers pace. There is only the little problem of human 'resources' to consider. While Japanese and Expats f...

Vikram Pandit, who ran Citigroup Inc. during the financial crisis, said developments in technology could see some 30 percent of banking jobs...

Talk of (inevitable?) concentration in the Investment Management universe must lead to the obvious question: is it really inevitable as many...

When well-paid (overpaid?) top executives behave like this one should not wonder that Capitalism and the Market System increasingly lose pub...