Profiles & Comment

  • Amundi Deputy CEO spires to be a key Asian firm

    Amundi, the European asset manager, has planned a series of business initiatives as it aspires to become a leading firm in the Asian market, said Pascal Blanqué, deputy chief executive officer and group chief investment officer.

  • Three is the magic number  asset allocator kb

    Three is the magic number asset allocator kb

    Using 3% as a guide to grow his clients’ wealth by, and managing Kleinwort Benson’s investment opportunies under a three pillar framework, it seems that Mouhammed Choukier has a lucky number

  • cloud computings silver lining

    cloud computings silver lining

    The tech market can be fast-moving with incumbent big-hitters quickly overshadowed by start-ups. Nick Evans of Polar Capital is currently prioritising beneficiaries of cloud computing.

  • the acuma deal in nigel greens own words

    the acuma deal in nigel greens own words

    There has been much speculation about the purchase by deVere earlier this year of UAE wealth adviser Acuma. Here deVere CEO Nigel Green explains the deal.

  • have you considered peer to peer finance

    have you considered peer to peer finance

    Peer-to-peer lending is becoming a serious investment asset class, and financial advisers should be taking note, says Christian Faes co-founder of LendInvest.

  • transferable skills

    The global trend towards regulation is playing into the hands of universal life products providers such as Transamerica Life Bermuda, as its increasingly mobile target market of wealthy individuals demands financial solutions that offer security and inspire trust, says chief executive Tim Oliver

  • a tough nut to crack

    The challenge for advisers post-RDR has not been restricted to fee disclosure. The creation of a profitable, long-term service proposition to add ongoing value for clients has been the greater test

  • regaining trust just how complicated

    regaining trust just how complicated

    Just how should the financial services industry go about restoring the public's faith, in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis? Guardian Wealth's David Howell considers the problem…

  • next stop the world

    next stop the world

    Two high-profile acquisitions in recent years have helped Henderson Global Investors to broaden its horizons. Here, Steven de Vries and Greg Jones explain why the company is now an asset management force to be reckoned with.

  • Miton foresees investment themes in Asean market

    Managing a special situations fund that essentially follows a multi-asset fund allocation strategy, James Sullivan, fund manager at MitonOptimal is in favor of making allocations to the domestic-driven economies of the Asean region, but at the appropriate time.

  • china set forsustainable growth Neptune Turnbull

    The world’s second largest economy looks poised for a sustainable period of economic growth and will be able to re-ignite it further, only if the Chinese authorities initiate big reform steps, said Douglus Turnbull, head of Chinese equities at U.K-based Neptune Investment Management.

  • shifting sands

    shifting sands

    The days of the all-expenses-paid expat lifestyle are gone, and shorter stints abroad have also become the norm. This has necessitated a shift in thinking for expatriates' wealth planners, Coutts's Gary Dugan points out.