Asset Management
Facebook and Instagram: Bubble waiting to burst?
Submitted by Renny Popoola on 16-04-2012
Last week Facebook purchased Instagram for $1bn, valuing the photography sharing app at a cool $1bn. Instagram is less than two years old, has just 13 full time employees and yet has now leap frogged the value of the New York Times, which has been around for 114 years longer.
Economists discover solution to financial crisis
Submitted by MHP on 01-04-2012
A guest post from Jerome Booth, Head of Research, Ashmore Investment Management Limited
SOS: Iceberg ahead
Submitted by Christian Pickel on 30-03-2012
Close your eyes. Relax. Think of the Titanic. What is the first thing that comes to your mind? A ship? An iceberg? Kate or Leonardo, or even Billy Zane? Close to the day 100 years ago, on 14 April 1912, the White Star Line’s flagship vessel RMS Titanic struck an iceberg whilst on her maiden voyage from Belfast to New York.
Quotas or no quotas – that is the question
Submitted by Laura Batty on 19-03-2012
Ah diversity. The word that flows from the pages of newspapers, twitter feeds and radios alike. It’s a hot topic and it’s about time. Plenty has happened over the past 18 months; debates, discussions and small amounts of improvement have been made. The Davies Report, the Prime Minister, Cranfield Business School, the 30% club to name but a few, have all had a part to play. However, we seem to have found ourselves at a crossroa
Like a game of golf
Submitted by Sara Lyons on 09-03-2012
The golfing world has seen an epic week as Rory Mcllroy climbed to number 1 in the golf rankings after a well deserved win at the Honda Classic last weekend. We have now seen four European golfers reach number 1 spot over the past year – Luke Donald, Martin Kaymer, Lee Westwood and now the Irish lad Rory McElroy. Whilst it has been a rather successful time for European golf, it has been pretty rough in the European economic arena.
Social media – a tricky one to be sure
Submitted by Laura Batty on 08-03-2012
Twitter, like Facebook, was a slow burn for me.
MAR plus MAD = madness
Submitted by Gay Collins on 24-02-2012
Interpretation is all when it comes to regulation, and any assumption that the revised version of the Market Abuse Directive together with the Market Abuse Regulation would mean the death knell for one on one fund manager/company meetings would be a serious error. Taken at its most draconian, the wording of this EU clampdown on insider trading could hit straightforward research and threaten fact finding amongst fund managers and stockbrokers.
Peanuts and monkeys
Submitted by Jennifer Spivey on 17-02-2012
Excessive corporate pay is a story that continues to gather momentum, and with bonus season upon us, public outrage is sure to be heard shortly across the country.
The week in words: bubbles and strife
Submitted by James Morgan on 10-02-2012
Facebook IPO: Bubbly moment? Maybe just bubble...
This week’s blog entry is a summation of the week’s top stories more than anything else. So consider yourself lucky: you’ve been spared my usual long-winded battery of a rant (for at least another seven days at least).
It’s the time of year again – bonus round is here again
Submitted by Christian Pickel on 03-02-2012
There are certain times every year, where the headlines in the National press are dominated with bonus payouts, usually paired with a public uproar on the value of the pay packets.