12 Aug 2020

Outsourced CIO (OCIO) - solution of fad?

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Basically the OCIO (or 'fiduciary') approach to manage institutional portfolios is a move back to what once was popular as the '...
27 Jul 2020

Limits of Homeworking

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All very well, we all will sit on our sofas and - between walking the dog and helping with the housework - do our work on the pc and telepho...

Wuhan Virus turns City into a Ghost Town

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One piece of consolation, the cities that want to steal London's crown will not be in a much different position, what price an office t...

ESG creates quagmire for Fund Managers

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And business in general. The demands from lobbies and interest groups will expand and no action by managers and businesses will be enough t...
31 May 2020

London is Top City Brand

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London is the world’s top “City Brand”, with Sydney, Paris, New York, and Rome rounding out the top five, according to the people in ten cou...
27 Nov 2019

Let Politicians sort out Climate Change

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And Fund Managers should get on with doing their job, which is find good investments for their clients. Has ANYONE ever heard of this 'T...
21 Oct 2019

Fund Management Consolidation - a caveat

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Anath Capital acquires Stratton Street  and will integrate the credit fund manager's $500 Mio AuM with its Garraway Capital s...
26 Apr 2019

Asset Managers strive to cut Banks out of Forex Dealing

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Not sure that FX trading is such a significant drag on performance. Maybe fund managers should just do less frantic in- and out trading. And...
27 Mar 2019

Hedge Fund blows up - where was Citi's risk management?

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If the lenders - in this case Citigroup is quoted - of liquidity don't manage their risk and losses result it is easy to blame the hedge...
6 Mar 2019

Pay Gap reporting - nothing but an Employment Scheme?

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Ever since Pay Reporting for senior Executives became standard practice (and started an upward spiral of executive compensation) virtue sign...