06/13/2012
The reasons for this are thought to be historical. With the exception of Morocco's Credit Agricole, ''banks have not developed specific knowledge in financing of this sector, which needs the implementation of custom-made products,'&
06/12/2012
I've written in the past about how hiring more women can reduce risk. Several studies have shown that women are more profitable investors, money managers and hedge fund managers, and they incur less risk in the process.
06/06/2012
While there is some truth in the assertion that the top end of the wealth continuum is increasingly looking for institutional-style performance analytics, it is a fallacy to see the needs of wealth managers as some kind of “institutional lite”
05/21/2012
Private banks are known for their traditional, conservative ethos and European private banks in particular have always trumpeted their long and proud histories - old fashioned client service, together with the warm fuzzy feeling that comes from knowing yo
05/16/2012
For example, he added, experts estimate that the sukuk market will grow 66 percent in 2012 to over $44 billion compared to $26.5 billion in 2011.
04/30/2012
FINS caught up with Rezvani, 34, to chat about why negotiation isn't as frightening as it seems and what can be done to nudge women in the right direction.
04/18/2012
The industry is buzzing with new technology; and with new technology comes new buzzwords and phrases! “Cloud Computing”, “Software on Demand”, “Software as a Service”.
04/11/2012
The complex details are exhaustively set forth in the report. No one could quarrel with the stated goal, which is “to add alpha, or risk-adjusted excess returns, of greater than 2 percent annually to readily available indexes over a market cycle.&rd
10/10/2011
Finding great opportunity in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) region in view of the huge and growing pool of wealth, fund managers across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) have called for unified rules governing asset management in the region.