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Capital Confidence Barometer: 14th edition

EY’s 2016 Global Capital Confidence Barometer continues to find a strong acquisition appetite together with a growing inclination to forge new alliances. Prolonged economic challenges are driving investment decisions, leading companies to ally and cooperate to generate growth as well as compete and acquire to gain market share. Explore insights from 1,700 senior executives on economic outlook, growth and M&A.
 

Trust and change in capital markets

This infographic illustrates the developments in the Financial Services sector, including the advancement of financial technology, perceptions of the role and contribution of the industry to the UK economy. 

Financial fraud booming as data thieves attack consumers

Data theft continues to thrive

Factors: Finding a place in institutional investors' arsenal

One approach that has gained prominence in recent years is factor-based investing. At its core, factor-based investing focuses on the idea that traditional ways of seeking portfolio diversification, typically by asset class, are less precise than models that seek to understand factors underlying potential investment risks and returns, including economic growth, inflation, volatility and company size. Today, some firms are using factors broadly, some are quite sceptical and many are finding selected uses for factors.

Factors: Finding a place in institutional investors' arsenal

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Eastern promise: Young philanthropists in Asia

Unable to afford next month’s rent, Kathy Gong was aghast when her boyfriend donated Rmb100 (US$15) each week to his church in Beijing. “Even though rationally I understood the need to be kind, when it came to real actions it was hard,” she recalls. “So that year I set a goal to train myself to let go.” Life is vastly different today for the 30-year-old entrepreneur who runs investment and business advisory companies with a technology start-up in the works. But she has not forgotten that earlier lesson: Ms Gong donates 10% of her personal dividends each year.

Europe’s philanthropists: Building a self-sustaining legacy

High-net-worth individuals and families in Europe are a diverse group and approach philanthropy in many different ways. Foundations, most of which bear the family name, have been the primary vehicle, not only to engage in charitable giving but to preserve family values and culture from one generation to the next, explains Cathy Pharaoh, co-director of the Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy Research at Cass Business School, City University London. “Carrying on the family name is very important.”

Supporting good financial decision-making

How can households be supported to make better financial decisions?

Intermediaries vital to sustainability of peer-to-peer lending

The role of intermediaries cannot be discounted just yet.

Helping asset managers navigate the data sea

"Data strategy in asset management is fast moving from its infancy to a more developed phase," says Ugo Catterina, senior vice president and head of U.S. internal audit at Allianz Asset Management. "If you don't have a solid strategy and you consider everything at the same level, there is no prioritization, and the ensuring mayhem makes it extremely difficult to find direction in this ocean of data. But a significant number of asset managers in the United States are starting to tackle data strategy in a professional way."

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