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Demystifying some elements of Pensions and Pension Plans

Pension is a regular payment made during a person’s retirement from an investment fund to which that person or their employer has contributed in the work life period of the person. Typically pension fund system has four basic characteristics...

Current Trends in Asset and Wealth Management Industry

Environment The industry is turning out enviable performance year after year Overall profit margins have remained remarkably stable (around 30%?) Customer needs are changing fundamentally Looming retirement of demographic profile in some economies...

Investment triangle – three compromising objectives

Any investment decision will be influenced by three objectives – security, liquidity and yield. A best investment decision will be one, which has the best possible compromise between these three objectives Individually these objectives are...

ABCD of Asset Management

Asset management is all about managing money through investment, budgeting, banking and taxes. In an ideal set up, the money is never allowed to sit idle and is made to work in the best possible manner by lending and investing in many different...