Monthly Capital Markets & IT
With their assets under management showing signs of recovery, Asian hedge funds prefer to use full-service prime brokers that offer research and back-office capabilities and access to IPOs and...
The Japanese asset management business is beset by an adverse environment, but it still offers substantial opportunity to new entrants from overseas. Ample scope for growth still exists for...
The information found in financial statement footnotes is essential for company analysis. However, footnote content and presentation are highly company-specific. While XBRL reporting of footnoted information promises to improve...
Three years after Lehman Brothers' collapse, the global economic outlook is still murky and Europe is confronting a sovereign debt crisis that, if mishandled, could lead to renewed financial...
We quantitatively modeled the post retirement standard of living of future retirees reaching age 60 in 2039. We found that, absent robust economic conditions in the interim, most households...
In 2010, China was the world's top-ranked commodity derivatives market by trading volume, although volume has since decreased drastically in response to a series of guidelines issued in November...
The relative importance of the Chinese economy and currency has increased further in the wake of the global financial crisis. China's twelfth five-year plan (2011-15) seeks to accelerate the...
In China, insurance sales by banks have been plagued by problems such as unethical sales tactics and bribery to gain access to sales channels. Recently, regulators have issued new...
In Asia, trade orders from foreign institutional investors have historically been routed to their destination market through Hong Kong or Singapore. Recently, with trading volume growing throughout Asia, brokers...
The Chinese fund industry's main product has historically been publicly offered funds. In recent years, however, the industry has seen a diverse influx of new entrants as the government...