A leading critic of the Department of Labor’s (DoL) upcoming fiduciary rule, which will require pension advisers to act in the best interests of their clients, putting an end to high-commission investment products, has been named as an assistant to president-elect Donald Trump.
The United States will become the last global tax haven as the Common Reporting Standard (CRS) comes into force, making a repeal of Fatca very unlikely, says Nuri Katz, chief executive and founder of Apex Capital Partners.
US mutual funds will be required to fully disclose all their fees and asset allocation as a result of the Department for Labour’s (DoL) upcoming investment advice rule, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
A US pension fund manager has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a $2.5bn (€2.3bn, £2.02bn) pay-to-play scheme, including cocaine and hookers.
US equities are ‘great again’ for European investors. They funneled record amounts of money into the asset class in November, with value funds being especially popular.
Thanks to the end-of-year ‘Trump rally’, 2016 has been a pretty good year for investors in risky assets. However, not all asset classes have fared so well.
2016 has been a remarkable year. The two best performing large equity markets this year are countries that have been mired in recession for years. At the same time, the stock market of the world’s fastest growing large economy has been delivering some of the lowest returns.
The dollar surged this morning on the back of only the second Fed rate rise since the 2008 financial crisis.
The Russian equity market has bounced back remarkably in recent months. Is this just another symptom of the ‘Trump rally’, or are there other, more structural reasons for this revival?
Despite all the talk about the US equity Trump-boost in recent weeks, Japanese equities are actually a lot more popular with asset managers. Their consensus is that they will return more than 5% in 2017.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has confirmed that enforcement director Andrew Ceresney is to leave the agency by the end of the year, the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the regulator.
Compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) by those institutions affected by it is now well advanced, but the picture is much less clear for individuals affected by the new rules, says David Andrews, executive director (international private clients) at HFM Columbus.
