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Wednesday
07 January 2009
21:12 GMT
Women in finance survey - PDF 91k
In September, Financial News surveyed 1350 women working in the financial services industry about gender bias in the workplace. Nearly 60% believed their gender made it harder to succeed. Just 3.5% felt being a woman made it easier to succeed. A third of respondents worked in investment banking, nearly a fifth in asset management, another fifth in financial technology, 10% in law and about 5% in each of private equity, hedge funds, wealth management and securities trading. Click here to dowload the survey results in full.
The future of capital markets - PDF 655k
The balance of power in global financial markets is shifting. As the world becomes flatter and different sources of wealth seek new areas of investment, financial institutions will have to position themselves carefully. Financial News examines how the credit crisis has catalysed this flattening effect and the challenges investment banks face.
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Fund Management Quarterly - Scouring the universe for returns
01 Dec 2008
Fund Management Quarterly - Scouring the universe for returns
01 Dec 2008
Tearing through the investment universe, the financial crisis has turned asset management performance returns upside-down and left consultants wondering about some funds’ risk controls.
Few asset classes have survived this year unscathed. Equities suffered their worst month on record in October, according to rating agency Standard & Poor’s. Infrastructure fundraising dropped by 93% between the second and third quarters of the year, data from market monitor Prequin found. Private equity deals completed in the first nine months were worth only 25% of what they achieved last year, said data provider Dealogic.
Global trade has been hit hard by the world economic downturn with shipments of commodities from soybeans and wheat to metals and minerals to finished goods such as shoes and mobile phones plunging with astonishing speed.
Many years ago, in the wake of devastating urban riots, the UK Home Secretary of the time sought to deflect accusations that there were insufficient police forces to deal with the crisis.
The financial crisis, which is being felt in most parts of the world, has attracted a lot of hyperbole with many commentators calling it the “worst ever”. Well, it isn’t, not quite.
The collapse of Lehman Brothers this year highlighted the problem of counterparty risk for pension schemes trying to juggle their liabilities and risks, and forced trustees to think differently about the strategies they apply to protect their pension funds. While the volatile markets have wreaked havoc, investment consultants are confident that one hedging strategy – liability-driven investing – is holding up well in the financial crisis.
Since the UK’s occupational retirement schemes plunged into deficit at the start of the century, the activity of the nation’s pension fund trustees has been under scrutiny.
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