Nearly a third of UK-based finance professionals feel under pressure to compromise their ethical standards, according to a report released today by the Chartered Institute of Management Accounts (CIMA). The third annual ‘Managing Responsible Business’ report, which polled 2,498 professionals across the world, found that the proportion of UK-based workers
Total assets managed by the Top 100 alternative investment managers globally reached USD3.5 trillion in 2014 (USD3.3 trillion in 2013), according to research produced by Towers Watson. The Global Alternatives Survey, which covers nine asset classes and seven investor types, shows that of the Top 100 alternative investment managers, real
Global institutional investors have an estimated USD1 trillion of funds at their disposal for potential investments in European infrastructure over the next ten years but a combination of limited available assets, changing economic regulation and new government incentives are set to alter traditional investment flows. Linklaters’ research shows that M&A
The US IPO market came back to life in the second quarter of 2015, surging 83 per cent in volume and 111 per cent in proceeds raised, compared to the first quarter of 2015, according to IPO Watch, a quarterly survey by PwC US. There were 75 IPOs completed in
Senior secondaries practitioners expect to achieve pre-leverage returns of just 9-13 per cent on a deal-by-deal basis over the next three to five years, and anticipate a fall in pricing in the second half of 2015. This is according to a poll of over 80 senior members of the secondaries
As mainstream banks continue to face growing pressure from the alternative finance industry, a new study by Amicus Finance, a provider of short term lending solutions, has revealed the key factors driving small businesses towards alternative lenders. According to the report, nearly half (45 per cent) of small business owners
Improved rail, roads and runways ranked first among the business issues that need to be prioritised by the new UK Government, according to a survey of senior business leaders carried out by BGF. Twenty five per cent prioritised physical infrastructure, while 19 per cent highlighted the need to see simplified
Jersey has attracted more than USD65 billion and distributed in excess of USD75 billion of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) annually, adding considerable value to the global economy as a result. That’s according to the findings of a new report commissioned by Jersey Finance, which was produced by global management advisory
Alternative investments could reach a high of USD15.3 trillion by 2020, according to a new report from PwC – ‘Alternative Asset Management in 2020: Fast Forward to Centre Stage’. USD15.3 trillion worth of alternative investments are predicted by 2020 if the high performance of capital markets continues to be driven
In an effort to narrow the gap between dynamically managed, multi-asset institutional portfolios and the current set of static, single asset class or balanced retail fund offerings that combine just equities and bonds, asset managers are increasingly likely to bundle together three growing product sets into new packaged retail solutions
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