Asset Management

Bond markets: Long live local currencies

Bond markets: Long live local currencies

Investors are being offered more frequent opportunities to back bonds in roubles, lira, naira and other emerging-market currencies. But building these markets takes time and effort from many parties. Tim Burke reports.

Asset management: The road to returns

Asset management: The road to returns

After a quiet 2012, asset managers across the EMEA region are finding reason to be positive. Rod James speaks to firms in emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa to explore their expectations for the year ahead.

Qatar: Hopes for a hub

Qatar: Hopes for a hub

The goals for Qatar’s asset management industry are ambitious but, if the state’s deal with Barclays is a sign of things to come, achievable. Tim Burke reports.

Think again

Think again

Recent shock events around the world have had a major impact on many European pension funds’ decisions about where to put their money. Liz Salecka reports.