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How to Meet Clients’ Increasing Need for Customization in Constructing Their...
In the past few years, Asian clients expectations and requests on their portfolios management have significantly evolved. The key elements to customising and constructing clients’ portfolios include...
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Mayor of Miami opens Terrapinn LatAm Start Up Battle 2013
As part of Terrapinn’s annual Private Equity Latin America & Real Estate Latin America 2013 conference, the team partnered up with the LAB Miami to run a break-out venture capital afternoon with a...
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Yield Trends Are Insufficient to Double Global Crop Production by 2050
Four academics (Ray et. al 2013) recently published the study “Yield Trends Are Insufficient to Double Global Crop Production by 2050.” After the success of the Agriculture Investment Summit in London...
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Bernanke AND Gross lost control?
Pimco’s Bill Gross discusses Bernanke and bond yields with CNBC. They ask Bill Gross: if bond yields continue to rise, will stocks fall? What do you think? Following this video, Bloomberg published...
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Where in the World to Invest?
Bloomberg‘s “Chart Attack” shows J.P. Morgan Funds Global Market Strategist Andres Garcia-Amaya discusses investing overseas with Adam Johnson on Bloomberg Television’s “Street Smart.” They further...
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Financial opportunities in the MENA region
Exosystems discuss how to take advantage of financial opportunities in the MENA region at the Middle East Investment Summit 2013. Middle East Investment Summit is the Middle East’s ultimate investor...
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Is cloud computing the new commodity?
Deutsche Borse is to open a Cloud Exchange, now treating computing as a commodity. Those of you who know a bit about Bitcoin will be used to using cloud computing to generate a commodity, but now it...
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OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2013-2022
The OECD-FAO agriculture outlook for 2013-2022 has been released and with the recent Agriculture Investment Summit, I thought it would be useful to share this with the Total Asset readers. Global...
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ETF Innovation in 2013
Are ETFs/ETPs becoming less transparent with innovation? Are we overcomplicating ETFs natural simplicity which originally makes them so attractive? A recent article published by Financial News looks...
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Top 10 biggest investment services companies in the U.S.
Who are the biggest investment services companies in the US? Berkshire Hathaway tops the list as you could’ve guessed- they were far superior in most areas including sales, profits and market value...
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NYSE Euronext to take over Libor
It’s all very vague with regards to sources but it’s everywhere that NYSE Euronext has won a contract to run and improve Libor. The move follows after revelations that banks had been manipulating the...
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Can Technology Replace Analysts?
Data analysis is being used more and more frequently by venture capitalists to uncover new investment opportunities. Venture capital firms are no longer relying on just gut feelings. Instead they are...
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How to stay ahead of macroeconomic trends to give your hedge fund strategy a...
With stressed global macroeconomic conditions, amplified levels of market volatility, and under-performance, 2012 was a tough year for the hedge funds space. To add fuel to the fire, the increased...
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Top 10 LPs allocated to infrastructure
Which LPs are allocated to infrastructure? Whereas LPs have invested in infrastructure via fixed income vehicles and listed companies in the past, more recently we are seeing a growing importance and...
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Lloyds v Barclays – race for investor demand
A Lloyds share sale looking doable following H1 results. The snag? Barclays’ $9 bln rights issue could suck up investor demand…
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Bond market volatility: What investors need to know
The once-steady bond market has gotten volatile. Times financial markets reporter Walter Hamilton and independent financial writer Tom Petruno discuss what investors need to know. Read more about...
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Which Canadian universities are continuously producing great quant investors?
In a competitive global job market, it’s more important than ever to get a good foundation in your field. That’s what led us to ask the question: “Which Canadian universities are continuously...
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Investec asset management sale complete
Investec, specialist bank and asset manager, said they had completed the sale of the 15% stake in Investec Asset Management for £180 million – in cash. The new buyer is Forty Two Point Two – a...
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Are project bonds a way to attract more investments in infrastructure projects?
With the current funding gap for infrastructure projects, the search for solutions allowing the capital markets to get involved in project financing has been going on for a while. Last month has been...
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Top 5 reasons Private Banks struggle with social media
Only a small group of banks are actively pursuing social media strategies and incorporating social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter into their overall marketing...
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