risk management
The closure of the six Franklin Templeton (FT) schemes last year is, at its core, a failure of risk management, as amply illustrated in the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) recent order. But were these deficiencies specific to one firm, or can we take broader lessons for the Indian fund industry?
Investors should keep three things in mind when planning for the future amid so much uncertainty
Geraldine Sundstrom doesn't think we're at the end of the economic cycle yet, but she warns that "When midnight strikes, and Cinderella’s carriage turns into a big pumpkin, you’re going to have to do something."
Ethically minded employees, or whistleblowers, are an important force for positive change that flag minor issues before they can become major problems.
The integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into the institutional investment analysis and decision-making process is a mega-trend that investors can no longer ignore, says Emily Chew.
"Finance is being demonized, and it's being demonized because people don't understand it," Mihir A. Desai says. "If we want to stop demonization, we have to make it accessible."
At the European Investment Conference, Jochen Felsenheimer of XAIA Investments explained that high yield was no place for long-only buy and hold investors. But is any investment safe from financial Armageddon?
Enterprise risk management goes beyond taking information from investment managers at face value, but it’s a better way to get a picture of the investment risks involved.
By applying four tenets of sensible risk taking, Karen Firestone finds better outcomes.
The asset management industry is “facing disruption from every point on the compass,” says Anne Richards of Aberdeen Asset Management. But there is an opportunity for the sector to mitigate these difficulties.