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Key concerns for global institutional investors: volatility, risk and correlations

A new global survey of close to 500 institutional investors conducted by Natixis Global Asset Management – NGAM is keeping busy these days – points out a few common and a few not so common concerns for asset holders worldwide. … Continue reading

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Focus on Volatility – ROVO, Smart Beta and “Seeyond”

In my recent research I have focused on risk management. More precisely, in the post-crisis “risk on risk off” approaches seen in the industry, there is an additional component that I would call “ROVO” – Return Optimization around VOlatility. Volatility … Continue reading

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Enskat/Katie Koch Interview Fund Forum 2012: Jim O’Neill’s Growth Markets Beyond BRICs

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Interviewing Dr. Mark Mobius in Monaco 2012: The Changing Perception of Emerging Markets

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Global asset management regulation and investor protection – what the industry needs to do

Multi-Convergence in Global Asset Management – Regulation in the Spotlight For the last few years, the global asset management industry has seen increasingly blurry lines of demarcation in key business areas previously treated as silos. – On the product side, … Continue reading

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Asia Asset Management Trends 2012

After speeches in Milan (Il Salone del Risparmio) and Stockholm (Nordic Fund Selector Forum), I spent last week in Asia to see clients and present at the Asia Fund Forum in Hong Kong. As usual, I stayed at the Upper … Continue reading

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The Importance of Brand in Asset Management – Discussion with BNY Mellon Investment Management Asia CEO Alan Harden at Fund Forum Asia 2012

FUND FORUM ASIA INTERVIEW 2012 – BRAND VERSUS BOUTIQUE Is There Space For Niche Players In A Brand-Conscious Market?  During the main conference of the Fund Forum Asia 2012 in Hong Kong, I had the pleasure of discussing brand in … Continue reading

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Whitepaper on Asia Fund Distribution with Nomura Research Institute (NRI)

For many years I have had the great pleasure of working closely with Nomura Research Institute’s head of research, Sadayuki Horie.  Taking turns between Tokyo and New York, Horie’s insights into the Japan asset management industry have helped us shape our … Continue reading

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Keynote speech at Nordic Fund Selection Forum 2012 – Stockholm, Sweden

After the huge investor education event at Bocconi University in Milan – 10,000 people in three days, I left for Stockholm at night for the Nordic Fund Selection Forum.  As I wrote in a recent blog, the Nordics have been … Continue reading

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Keynote speech and CEO panel on “Trends in Global Asset Management” – Il Salone del Risparmio 2012

After a short overnight flight from New York to Milan, I met up with Strategic Insight’s Europe MD Andreas Pfunder for lunch near Bocconi to go over two days of meetings in Milan and Stockholm.  The Salone del Risparmio, hosted … Continue reading

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