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Our attempt at answering key macro questions includes Fed hikes later in the year and another hike in the UK and Euroland. It will a close thing to avoid recession.

Washington Mutual’s treasury officials reveal the rationale behind the first covered bond from a US issuer. The deal is expected to be at least €2billion and is designed to fulfill the European market’s demands

At first sight PPI and CPI figures give hope that inflation has been beaten. We doubt it, although the markets inclines that way. Those cost-push pressures are still present.

How do today's industry leaders see the next 20 years shaping up? Global Investor spoke to top CEOs in the US, UK and Continental Europe about the challenges facing asset managers in the coming decades. Here we present a selection of their responses on profitability and change.

Asset managers are appointing chief risk officers in response to increasing complexity and the breadth of competition in the market. But just how do CROs add to a company's bottom line? Keith Lovett of Insight Investment reports on how effective risk management will be a key differentiator.

One of the biggest changes for asset managers in the last five years has been increased regulatory scrutiny and greater compliance pressures. How will this impact the industry in the next decade?

Banks, exchanges, associations and lawyers consider the problems and debates surrounding Mifid implementation

The Fed pauses lest the slow down be too severe, but continued tightening is likely everywhere. Our old idea of a monolithic and centralised economy is in need of correction.

Stephen Rooney explains how a conservative life insurance rule has sparked a securitization boom.

Managing money is not an easy option. My friend Entrepreneur Eddie recently regaled me with an unedifying tale. He was forced to harangue a top bank chief about the pathetic underperformance of his portfolio. Eddie thundered: “I told him, I didn’t give you my hard-earned wealth just to stand still.” When it comes to our own money, most of us are super-demanding. We turn from amiable acquaintances into snarling fiends. If we are paying a hedge fund manager the dreaded 2 and 20, we expect dazzling returns. So I’ve often wondered if hedgies take summer holidays. Or do they sweat it out in the office manacled to their Bloomberg screens?

We still do not believe that Fed tightening to over, and present four arguments this week as to why we take that view, minority though it may be.