Regions
Investors maintain cautious approach for ASEAN
Against a backdrop of low commodity prices and souring consumer sentiment, regional fund selectors are choosing to adopt a more cautious approach toward ASEAN.
Fixed Income | 15 Dec 15
ANALYSIS: Just how clever is the Fed boxing?
The last time the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, Daniel Craig had just taken on the mantle of James Bond and Sylvester Stallone had just successfully resurrected the Rocky franchise from the ignominy of 1990’s Rocky V.
Alternatives | 15 Dec 15
Luxembourg drafts new law for Reserved AIFs
Luxembourg has published draft legislation on a new alternative fund structure; the Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF), which is expected to be adopted in the second quarter of 2016.
Tax & Regulation | 15 Dec 15
Threadneedle fined £6m over Gersamia fraud case
Threadneedle Asset Management has been fined more than £6m by the FCA following an attempted fraudulent trade involving a former emerging market debt fund manager Vladimir Gersamia.
Tax & Regulation | 15 Dec 15
New UK secondary annuities market greeted with caution
The UK financial services industry has cautiously welcomed the government’s plans to extend its pension freedoms and create a new secondary annuities market by giving more than five million people the ability to sell their annuity from 6 April 2017.