Tag: research

A survey of 100 UK pension funds, institutional investors, and wealth managers from Downing LLP (Downing) reveals almost all say they will increase allocations...

• Inward foreign direct investment (FDI) in the UK was $19.7 billion in 2020, a 57% decrease from 2019 when inward FDI in the...

New technology and sophisticated new entrants have transformed the custody offering available in the institutional market, allowing investors to hold digital assets with confidence...

The global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deal value amounted to $3.6 trillion in 2020. The figure set a three-year low, slightly higher than the...

Institutions and individuals who invest money usually do so with the asset manager's help, a company that manages their investments and makes a profit...

New research amongst institutional investors who collectively help manage $78.4 billion of assets, reveals that over the next five years 26% believe pension funds,...

Returns from venture funds globally reached a record high despite the unfolding Covid-19 crisis eFront has published its latest Quarterly Private Equity Performance report, showing...

Technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning have transformed business processes across different industries, changing how companies operate, manage finances, gather and analyze data,...

The Digital Transformation of Chemicals and Materials research outlines use cases already in practice in facets of the chemicals and materials industry and a...

Market research is a vitally important discipline that is still pivotal to the way business is done. But even before Covid-19 the question was...

Payments have always been the backbone of the financial system and since the credit card was first released in the 1950s, technology has played...

Deutsche Bank Imagine 2030 points out how the future of finance will be shaped by the end of FIAT money and the rise of...

The prevalence and severity of cyber-attacks/breaches has damningly increased over the last few years. This year alone (2019), 55% of UK firms have already...

Analysts Present Latest Industry-Specific Technology Research at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2019, October 28-31 on the Gold Coast, Australia Technology spending in the banking and securities...

The banking and securities sector in India continues to increase its investments in digital business. Its spending on IT in India will total $11...

The anticipated growth in affluent population in Indonesia, comprising mass affluent (holding liquid assets of US$50,000–1m) and high-net-worth (HNW) population (holding liquid assets of...

The global M&A market recorded its second worst performance since the launch in 2008 of Willis Towers Watson’s Quarterly Deal Performance Monitor (QDPM). Based...

Smartphone Market Will Decline 3.2% in 2019; Share of 5G-Capable Phones to Increase to 56% by 2023 Worldwide shipments of devices — PCs, tablets and...

WeWork has shelved its initial public offering (IPO) after struggling to drum up investor interest in the multibillion-dollar listing. The company had planned to launch...

Credit Benchmark have released the September Credit Consensus Indicators (CCIs). In it, the indicator found a further credit deterioration for UK industrials and a dip...

Financial institutions across the globe will allocate almost half (48%) of their IT budget to spending on public cloud services in 2020, up from...

CFOs who offer their teams a career culture based on experiences and the ability to move between departments can reduce the compensation premium offered...

The latest Credit Consensus Indicator (CCI) data, a new monthly index of forward-looking credit opinions for the US, UK, and EU industrials has found...

Lazard has topped the latest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) league table of the top 10 financial advisers for the power sector based on deal...

Venture capital (VC) funding in artificial intelligence (AI) startups hit a record high last year with the top 10 VC investors participating in a...