Fund Manager Survey finds Sovereign Debt Fears easing as Investors anticipate...
Global investors appear to be coming to terms with the prospect of a default by the Greek government, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch...
Asia-Pacific’s HNWI Population exceeds Europe’s for First Time
Wealth Management Firms Need to Offer Capabilities from Other Business Units to Meet Demands of Asia-Pacific HNWIs
Asia-Pacific’s population of high net worth individuals (HNWIs1) grew...
Ernst & Young Reports 2011 Global Revenues of US$22.9 Billion
Good growth across all service lines
Emerging markets saw combined revenue growth of 20%
Headcount at an all time high of 152,000
Ernst & Young today announced...
Fund manager survey shows growing belief in Global economy despite slump...
The global economic outlook remains positive in spite of a sharp deterioration in investor sentiment towards and within Europe, according to the BofA Merrill...
Global Investing Programme for next generation of UHNWs
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management today announces the launch of its annual Global Investing Programme (GIP) for the next generation of Ultra High Net Worth...
Rapid Shift to Direct Investing in Hedge Funds by Pension and...
Hedge Funds Managing $1 Billion to $5 Billion Experience Largest Growth
$820 Billion in Direct Money from Pensions and Sovereign Wealth Funds Now Invested in...
Wealth management firms revise approach to high net worth individuals
Wealth management firms and advisors need to provide a broader and more integrated set of capabilities to meet the complex needs of today’s high...
UAE Investment Map highlights strategic opportunities for global investors
His Excellency Eng. Mohammed Ahmed Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shehhi, Undersecretary of the UAE Ministry of Economy, today, announced the launch of the UAE...
Deflating news for men: Women Better Investors
A new study by Barclays Capital and Ledbury Research found that women were more likely to make money as investors in the financial markets,...
Dubai Government promotes bond among international investors
The Government of Dubai, acting through the Department of Finance, today announced a series of meetings with potential investors on a benchmark US$ Reg...
Individual investors increase share of equities trading to 11.6% in May...
Individual investors on Nasdaq Dubai increased their share of equities traded value on the exchange to 11.6% in May 2011, up from 8.9% in...
Financial personalities of the wealthy in the Middle East
New report provides in-depth global analysis into financial personalities of the wealthy in the Middle East
Report reveals link between the use of financial...
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management strengthens Middle East team
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management today announces three hires to the Middle East team. Leila Alameddine joins as Market Manager for Levant, Shereen Ghobrial joins...
Gold Bulls on the rise, Goldman
The proportion of Middle East based investors interested in gold appears to be increasing substantially, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management Chairman Jim O'Neill.
O’Neill,...
Investment behavior of Sovereign Wealth Funds revealed
6% of GCC SWF assets are focused on local development investments
88% of GCC SWF assets are invested internationally for diversification purposes
5% of GCC SWF...
GCC based investors currently risk averse, with short time horizons for...
Over two thirds (69%) of investors have a time horizon of less than five years for investments made in 2011
One in five stated regional...
GCC investors have very high target return expectations
GCC investors in general have high expectations in regard to the returns of their investments, because the majority of them lacks long term experience.
The...
Top ranked Research house for Institutional Investors, All-Asia Survey
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research (BofAML) is the top ranked Research house according to Institutional Investor magazine’s 2011 All-Asia Research Team Survey. This follows...