Analysis

Companies | analysis 13 Mar 18

Passive investors pay scant regard to the fundamentals of individual securities and free-ride on the work of active investors with implications for financial stability, price discovery and index correlation, according to a paper from the Bank of International Settlements.

Best Practice | analysis 8 Mar 18

It is now less than a year until the Isle of Man Conduct of Business Code comes into force, International Adviser spoke to several firms headquartered on the island to see how they are preparing for the introduction of the regulation.

Best Practice | analysis 8 Mar 18

The discrepancy between the average pay of male and female asset managers is gaining considerably more traction in 2018. But does the industry care enough about closing the gap? Or is this another box-ticking exercise?

Companies | analysis 7 Mar 18

One of the youngest international offices in the merged Standard Life Aberdeen Group was set up by Aberdeen Asset Management in late 2016, before two businesses combined.

Best Practice | analysis 6 Mar 18

The chickens have come home to roost for baby boomers and they should be taxed more to create greater fairness between the generations, a UK politician has argued.