Asset Managers
The latest news on top asset managers, including updates on mergers and acquisitions, as well as new investment strategies and fund offerings.
A European QE? Why the Euro, and Maybe the EU Itself, Is in Danger
By James J. GreenJames Dailey says the current troubles with Greek and Irish sovereign debt mark "the end of Bretton Woods II," and he suspects that the European Central Bank, "with the Chinese and the Fed, will do a version of quantitative easing to bail out the banking sector in Europe."
November 15, 2010
Conservative Economists Call on Bernanke to Abandon QE2A who's who of conservative economists and pundits launched a campaign this week to urge Fed chairman Ben Bernanke to abandon plans to purchase $600 billion in assets.
November 08, 2010
KBW Measures 14 Firms' Q3 Performance; Looks at Q4In a Q3 wrap-up of 14 asset management companies, equity researchers at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods said the companies' performed as anticipated, leaving them well positioned for stronger Q4 results.
November 07, 2010
Bank Failures in 2010 Are Most in a Year Since S&L CrisisOn Friday the FDIC closed four more banks, bringing 2010's total to 143--three more than in 2009 and the most since the savings and loan crisis some 20 years ago.
November 07, 2010
Three Lessons on Strategic Allocation From the Financial CrisisOne of the biggest misconceptions about strategic asset allocation is that it's an outmoded "buy and hold" approach. In truth, strategic allocation done right has...
November 03, 2010
Brown & Brown Acquires Rogers & Norman AssetsA unit of Brown & Brown Inc. is buying most of the assets of Rogers & Norman Inc., a company that sells employee benefits as well as commercial property-casualty insurance.
November 03, 2010
Glenmede’s CEO Gordon Fowler Discusses ‘Fat Tails’One legacy of the recent financial crisis is that many investors have become acutely aware of the greater possibility of extreme asset returns, or "fat tails," as they are often called.
November 02, 2010
5 Considerations for the Art InvestorCollecting art is more than just what meets the eye.