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Celerant Technology is a retail technology provider offering unparalleled and seamless multi-channel integration to retailers across all industries. Since 1999, Celerant has consistently accelerated business growth and efficiency through unique innovations such as: POS, inventory management, data warehousing / mining, integrated ecommerce, mobile applications and back office - to name a few. With an open and collaborative environment, the company focuses on each retailer's specific integration needs to form genuine, enduring partnerships. As a mid-market retail system leader, Celerant provides solutions and expert advice to continually accelerate retail growth.
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Historical Traveler Reviews Grand Hotel Quisisana Capri
Loved the place and staff
First time in this wonderful place, where I have found escellent service and warm, helpful staff. Each request has been satisfied. I will certainly return next year with my family.
Great just renewed Spa and restaurant choice
Absolutely dreadful!
Quite the most dreadful hotel we have ever had the misfortune to stay in. Our room was in need of a refurb. At �750 per night, they had a nerve. We were expecting luxury but were very disappointed. Staff unbelievably rude, sunbeds were reserved for regulars, meaning only a few were left, facing the wall each day!! I think the hotel manages to fill up each summer with old regulars who clearly love the place. Those guests are loud, clearly lots of money but vulgar beyond belief, ageing men in thong swimwear, ponytails and gold bangles etc. Get the picture. Staff constantly told our children...who are v well behaved...to whisper!!! at the poolside and yet allowed mr ponytail etc to carry on loudly "deal doing" on his mobile phone.
It really was a horrid experience and I am glad to see most other reviewers agree....I should have read the reviews before we went!
My husband and I had our wedding here last June. We had 43 people come from the States and Europe. It was amazing! I found the staff of the hotel to be wonderful. They were helpful and kind. I found I got whatever I asked for but you do have to ask. I recommend having them arrange a private boat to circle the island. This is an expensive hotel but it's an experience. The food was great, especially breakfast outside on the veranda. The pool is fun and relaxing and the spa was great. I loved this hotel and would recommend it to anyone.
Skip the Quisi
We stayed at a variety of 5 star hotels on our trip to Italy. The Quisi was not up to this standard at all. We were only able to get a standard room. The furnishings were run down, bed uncomfortable, bathroom had no counter space. The worst part of our stay was the staff. They were snooty and nasty. I spoke to a lifetime resident of Capri who asked discreetly how I liked the hotel then recommended places for our next stay. I can't vouch for them, but she said they were very nice, small and not "as stuffy". I'll pass along the names: La Scaunatella and La Brunella. Do yourself a favor and don't stay at Quisisana.
Fab location, disgusting staff
My sister and I spent 11 nights at the Quisi in July. The hotel itself is divine. The location superb. However the staff are beyond salvation.
We had a beautiful room, large with a beautiful view over the pool to the sea beyond. The decor was cool and classic, the terrace, huge. What more could anyone want?
Good service, that's what? The pool staff were grifters who demanded a huge tip to save a lounger for guests. You were unable to bring your own water poolside, rather you are forced to spend an obscene amount on bottles of water sold by the hotel. The room was serviced very late in the day by a nosy maid who regularly rifled through our things, the concierge was an odious sexist throwback who had the nerve to demand an extra 64,000 lire CASH of course to take our bags down to the marina grande. No mention of this extra charge was made at check in.
When we wrote to the hotel owner. He sent us back a 10,000 Lire note as recompense! We sent in back of course.
Capri is the most beautiful island on earth. Our depressing stay at the Quisi will not deter us from returning again but this time we will stay in Anacapri, in a smaller hotel. Do not waste your money at the Quisi.
The staff there, do not deserve your custom. Look elsewhere, the smaller hotels on the island are far superior to the bloated gin palaces.
Over rated
We just came home from a great tour of Rome and the Amalfi Coast. Our biggest disappointment of the tour was this hotel. Despite plenty of available rooms (mid-week, mid-September), we were assigned us to a room next to the elevator overlooking a noisy alley. The lobby was lovely, but unfortunately we couldn't sleep there -- it would have been more comfortable and definately quieter. I'd rather drop down to a quiet four star with a view.
Very disappointed
We vacation mostly at 5 star hotels - and have been to many. We expected great treatment, great facilities & a nice room. The Grand Hotel Quisisana was a tremendous let down! Our room was discusting! We had a written confirmation for a deluxe room. They did not honor it.
The gave us a "standard" room below lobby level with a broken window & paint chipping off the walls. The bathroom was so small with no counter space. The manager (who willingly took money from us to find another room) told us later that day that the Hotel was booked & he had no other rooms for us. The staff was extremely snobby. The health club did not open until 9:00AM. Capri is a VERY beautiful island. We plan to return someday soon BUT will definately try another Hotel.
What a disappointment
My husband and I stayed here for 2 nights to begin our honeymoon in Italy. I can't tell you how disappointing this place was considering all the 'hype' it gets. Our room was very small with old furniture and a tiny bathroom, which was dirty and loud. The service was unfriendly and staff unhelpful. Although it has a great location, I'd much rather stay anywhere else than at this place where they made you feel very uncomfortable just walking through the lobby. For the price.... go somewhere else.
Hotel unfriendly!!
The hotel Quisi is overdone. The furnishings are over the top ,garish and pretentious. The pool has a view of a brick wall.The staff are extremely unfriendly and snobbish (unless you tip generously) I guess that is in response to most of the guests that stay there who were equally obnoxious. We have stayed in many 5 star hotels but I would never recommend this one to anyone. You would be better off spending the same money on a room in one of the smaller boutique hotelsw ith better viewsand service. Give Quisi a miss!
We found heaven on earth.
We've been to many four and five star hotels, but nothing can compare with the "Quisi"...talk about luxury! not only did our room have a spectacular terrace overlooking the pool and the sea, but it also boasted his and her baths, mine complete with a jacuzzi, my husband's with a shower with wall jets for that "all over massage" effect. Breakfast was a gourmet's delight, with anything and everything one would wish to help start the day, and dinner in the dining room, which we opted to do twice during our stay, was a gourmet's delight. Service was exceptional, from the concierge to the chambermaid. There's no question in our minds that the five stars are well deserved, and there really is no place better to stay when visiting that jewel known as Capri!
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Still my hearts on the Isle of Capri
Didn't know what to expect, but we had perfect weather, sunshine, clear with a gentle breeze, and Capri looks stunning with its majestic cliffs dropping into the deep blue sea. We walked a short distance to the garden of Augustus with stunning views. It turns out Capri was a holiday resort for rich Romans and two emperors lived here for a while. One emperor Tiberius had his headquarters here, which is probably why he lived to 80 when many ...
Capri and Sorrento
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works: Odysseus (known in Latin as Ulysses) sailing past the island, narrowly escaped the fate of those who hear the voices of the Sirens. Thus the island has a mythical charm, as well as its natural treasures, through the writings and legends of Ancient Greece. Its breathtaking landscapes and beauty stretch from the rocky caves around the island to the edge of the horizon, and has been an inspiration to poets, ...
Bella Capri !!
... in 1885. He built his villa on the ruins of an ancient Chapel dedicated to San Michele, following a series of sketches made on a wall. The result was a building articulated on various levels: the study is on the first floor, the loggia crosses pergolas and columns to reach a circular viewpoint which looks out across the Bay of Naples. In Villa San Michele a number of ancient artifacts are displayed with objects found by Munthe in Capri, ...
Visiting the Island of Capri
... we got to the island, we moored near some super yachts and went for a swim. The water is so salty, you are completely buoyant. We finished traveling around the island to the harbor where he dropped us off.
The harbor was teeming with people. Ferries, private yachts and charters come and go so the dock area is very busy. We took the funicular to the city center which ...
Stunning Sorrento
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We absolutely loved Italy, and have fond memories of all the places we went to. In many ways they are all alike, with the architecture, buildings, roads, etc following similar lines, even when comparing the major cities to the countryside. I will always think of Italy when smelling honeysuckle and jasmine, as they were prevalent everywhere, even in the centre of ...


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Intel's Sodhani resigns from Clearwire board
Clearwire Corp. said that Arvind Sodhani has resigned from the Clearwire board, effective Dec. 23, in order to avoid any conflicts of interest that might arise regarding his position at Intel Corp. Mr. Sodhani is president of Intel Capital and EVP of Intel, and he has been one of the two members of the Clearwire board that are appointed by the chipmaker.
"Intel continues to view WiMAX as a top strategic initiative and looks forward to continuing to support Clearwire to develop, deploy and market a mobile WiMAX service offering in the U.S. over Clearwire's network," Sodhani said. "My resignation is not in any way related to any disagreement with Clearwire's management or the company's operations policies, practices or strategic direction."
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Causeway, Lazard, PrimeCap, Putnam Set to Surge: Fuse
Causeway Capital, Lazard, PrimeCap Odyssey and Putnam Investments have hit their strides, and are poised to pull in more assets in 2015, according to recent Fuse Research Network predictions. But others — including RS Funds, Davis and Selected Funds and Calamos — each have a tough row to hoe in the short term, according to the Boston-area research and consulting shop's 2015 prognostications. The up-and-coming firms all had strong net sales in 2014 powered by "consistently superior" performance over the one-, three- and five-year periods and product lines built to last, says Neil Bathon, managing partner at Fuse.
Article Published on February 24, 2015
Shops Slice, Dice Data to Zero In on Focus Advisors
While identifying "focus advisors" is a longstanding industry practice, firms have begun creating more sophisticated means of developing these lists, says Patrick Newcomb, director of BenchMark Research at Fuse. "Firms are starting to build in more criteria when actually segmenting the advisors," he says. The more granular data helps shops better categorize advisors and determine the best ways to serve them. A Fuse survey of 30 fund firms conducted last year found that, on average, companies identify 235 focus advisors per wholesaler. Several factors go into defining the metrics by which firms determine who qualifies as a focus advisor, but purchases from a fund company rated highest. More than 80% of survey respondents listed advisor production with their firm as "very important," while more than 70% gave the same rating to product usage and the advisor's firm's total assets under management. Fuse found that almost two thirds of firms expect their external wholesalers to hold at least 16 meetings a week with focus advisors, and 58% want their wholesalers to meet with each focus advisor quarterly, while 21% expect monthly meetings.
Article Published on February 16, 2015
MSIM Heaps on RetailSales Pros; Inks Merrill Deal
"Their product line is as strong as anyone's in the market," says Neil Bathon, managing partner at Fuse Research Network. "It's in good shape, and they will be well served by pursuing third-party distribution," he adds. In some ways, the push into retail marks a reversal for Morgan Stanley, which sold its legacy Van Kampen retail fund line to Invesco in 2010. But since then, MSIM, which has long enjoyed brand recognition within the institutional market, has innovated on the retail side, including adding super-low-cost IS shares, which have no service, subaccounting and 12b-1 distribution fees. The products, well suited for retirement plans and other large investors, are available on 23 MSIM funds, according to a company spokesman.Still, the retail business has struggled with outflows. MSIM's open-end funds bled $13.4 billion from 2009 through 2014. Market appreciation during that period, however, helped pushed net assets up from $25.3 billion to $33.9 billion, according to Morningstar data. In 2014 alone, the fund family experienced $1.1 billion in outflows. The new hires' impact will take at least 12 months to be felt, Fuse's Bathon says. Experienced wholesalers only need a year to get up to speed, while less experienced hires could require closer to two years, he says.
Article Published on February 13, 2015
MSIM Adds Manpower to Take Aim at $500B AUM
"There used to be a notion that brokerage firms shouldn't have proprietary products or weren't very good at them," says Neil Bathon, managing partner at Fuse Research Network. "That is just not true. A lot of these firms were not particularly well run. The reason that perception gained traction was largely due to how bad some managers were. "Yet, MSIM is well situated to strengthen its brand before institutional clients and investment consultants as well as intermediaries in the retail market, Bathon says. "MSIM have more than enough quality products in large sales categories to support a robust sales effort," Bathon says. "Their investment management appears to be strong enough."
Article Published on February 13, 2015
Shops Read the Tea Leaves With Redemption Modeling
But the chief value of this modeling is to gain a less obstructed view of the future, and improve the planning process, says Neil Bathon, managing partner at Fuse Research Network. For example, a better understanding of redemption patterns can prevent firms from selling liquid alts to an RIA who might churn out of them quickly. "Almost all the positive impact you can have on redemptions is done up front, in terms of which advisors you choose to work with and how well you position your product," Bathon says. Better data analysis can also serve as a basis when measuring wholesalers, Bathon says, and determining their compensation. Soon it could get so detailed that firms select the top 250 advisors in each external wholesaler's territory and inform the externals that they must spend 75% of their time with that group — because their pay depends on it. "The big challenge is for sales management to believe in and incorporate these new management techniques into their oversight of their wholesalers, because it's really different and they're so reluctant to change," Bathon says. "But it can make a huge difference."
Article Published on February 9, 2015
RayJay Fesses Up To Fund Sales Overcharges; Plans Paybacks
Product manufacturers shouldn't be hurt by situations in which intermediaries overcharge clients for their funds, says Neil Bathon, managing partner of Fuse Research Network. "It's almost 100% the responsibility of the distributor because they have all the interaction with the client," he says. "And the information about the client, in most cases, isn't passed along to the fund companies anymore. "With omnibus accounting, Raymond James represents a single account to a fund company, and that fund company can't see the underlying transactions or allocations made by individual advisors at the firm. And while most fund providers perform basic due diligence on the distributors with which they work, it's not incumbent on managers to vet them to ensure such errors do not occur, Bathon says. Further, he adds, "it is unlikely that any distributor would allow an outside firm into their inner workings. "Fund providers likely have little to worry about in terms of reputational repercussions. "I don't think there's much by way of blowback for asset management firms because this isn't anything they can affect, because they don't know what the status of the [underlying] accounts [is]," Bathon says.
Article Published on February 6, 2015
Slow Product Creation Hinders Firms' Growth: Poll
Firms will take roughly 11 months to launch new products, Fuse Research has found. Still, larger firms may take longer than smaller ones because their size often makes them less agile. About six out of 10 respondents to the Ignites poll said slow product development is impeding growth at their firms. Twenty-eight percent said the impediment is significant, while a similar percentage, 32%, said it is moderate. Forty percent answered that slow product development is not impeding firm growth.
Article Published on February 4, 2015
Retail Sales Drivers for 2015
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Article Published on January 30, 2015
Liquid Alts: Quick to Sell, Slow(er) to Build
Liquid alts require about 11.2 months, on average, to launch, but that time line can vary based on the method a manufacturer chooses, according to a Fuse Research Network survey of 25 asset managers conducted in 2014. "If you're deciding to launch an alternative product, clearly you have to figure out, are you going to look at this as bringing it in from the outside or are you going to launch it organically?" says Patrick Newcomb, director of BenchMark Research at Fuse. "Firms that already have the in-house alternative talent clearly have a shorter time line than the overall average launch for alternative funds," he says. Firms that choose to acquire or partner with external specialists through a lift-out or outright acquisition need to take time to find the right people, establish the right fee structures, and pick the right strategies for the '40 Act wrapper, Newcomb says. Such steps can push the product development time line up to 16.5 months, according to Fuse. Hiring subadvisors shaves it down to about 11 months. Firms that plan to run funds internally can expect the process to take about 8.5 months, according to Fuse.
Article Published on January 22, 2015
AllianceBernstein Changes Name to Move On from Rocky Past
"[Ahead of tomorrow] is a nice tag line, but whether or not the marketplace sees this as a new brand will depend entirely on the experience clients have with the firm – in the form of investment performance, service, support [and] thought leadership," Neil Bathon, managing partner at Fuse Research Network writes in an email response to questions. "Many firms claim to have a talented and collaborative staff that is client focused and works across a global organization with the hope delivering better results – but it is critically important to have the day-to-day business practices in place (hiring, compensation, training, etc.) that make this claim a reality and not just good copy. If the marketplace is able to see and feel these things from AB…then they will achieve a smashing success with this branding initiative." And whereas investment performance has been better, AB still has room for improvement. "Relative performance results have definitely been improving, especially on the fixed income side of the business, but there are still a few problem spots among some of the larger equity funds," Bathon writes.
Article Published on January 20, 2015
Surgical Budget Cuts, Fund Diversity Quell Redemption Pains
Fund shops last year raked in about $372 in gross sales for every $1 they lay down, according to Fuse Research Network data, but that hardly means all sales budgets are well spent. Sales force salary and benefits stand to always maintain the lion's share of the sales budget, says Patrick Newcomb, director of BenchMark Research at Fuse. In last year's study, Fuse found that, after revenue-sharing payments to distributors, more than 50%, on average, of shops' sales budgets went toward salary and benefits. Overall firms may not set an expected gross sales figure for each dollar spent, but they likely rely on past years' numbers to assess effectiveness and plan how to staff and deploy their teams, Newcomb says."In some cases, certainly they're going to look at gross sales per dollar spent on the field and hybrid wholesalers that they employ," he says.
Article Published on January 15, 2015
Prudential Centralizes Institutional Business
Centralizing a "solutions" group is a natural move for Prudential, says Neil Bathon, managing partner at FUSE Research Network. "By doing so, Prudential elevates the perception of the group as having a distinct expertise and it reinforces the firm's long-term commitment to this service offering," he says. As far as business structure is concerned, it is also difficult to offer investors multi-asset portfolios if the investments are spread across different investment shops, adds Bathon.
Article Published on January 13, 2015
Morgan Creek Hires Distribution Vet for Wealth Push
Model-delivery format can be a cost-effective way for institutional managers to enter the SMA business, since it means not having to build out an extensive back office, says Patrick Newcomb, director of BenchMark Research at Fuse Research Network. But, "one of the challenges with model-only separate accounts is just the low fees that they might expect to get for a long-only equity strategy."
Article Published on January 12, 2015
Ameriprise Sews Threadneedle, Columbia Brands Together
Indeed, a global brand can be a differentiator for asset managers offering a wide set of products, says Neil Bathon, managing partner of Fuse Research Network. But getting that more global brand to resonate with advisors requires significant and dedicated marketing and sales efforts along with strongly performing products, he notes.
Article Published on January 12, 2015
Shops Lengthen the Leash on Growing Hybrid Sales Teams
"[A hybrid team] can really help a firm when used correctly," says Patrick Newcomb, director of BenchMark Research at Fuse Research Network. About 18% of firms plan to increase hybrid head count over the next 12 months, based on a Fuse study from mid-2014, while 3.7% expect to decrease the number of hybrids they deploy. The vast majority of firms, 78%, anticipate keeping levels steady. Legg, which is headquartered in Baltimore, has worked to elevate the role, not only giving hybrids their own territories and advisors, but paying them at the same level as external wholesalers. That's unusual, because in 2014 median aggregate hybrid compensation was $159,000, compared to $350,000 for externals, according to a Fuse survey.
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DST Buys Kasina in Distribution Play
FRC founder Neil Bathon left FRC in 2006 and in 2008 founded Fuse Research Network, recruiting FRC leadership alums including president Michael Evans and later head of research Sam Campbell.
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Executives Who Got the Job Done in 2014
Neil Bathon, managing partner at Fuse, says Pimco has a strong enough reputation that the management shakeup should not hurt the fund permanently, pointing out that Gross's performance in recent years left much to be desired.
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Out With the Old? Firms Balance Brand, Strategy Post-Acquisition
Fuse's Bathon doesn't expect AMG to change how it promotes its affiliates or allow the parent company to overshadow the well-established underlying boutiques."You benefit from having a distinct, separate affiliate that has a particular area of expertise," Bathon says. Touting each affiliate and relying on their unique talents is part of how AMG differentiates itself in the market. "I don't think anyone will let that fade away. That's not going to diminish in terms of an emphasis from a sales and marketing and positioning perspective going forward."
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Subadvisors Offer Sales Support to Score Insurance Mandates
Sam Campbell, director of research at Fuse Research Network, says the appetite for providing such "extras" is dwindling among asset managers. "What's more important to the insurance company is the actual investment features of the products and how they're being incorporated into their asset allocation models," Campbell says. "It just has become a lot more about the investment strategy and more about the support of the asset allocation team and models than it is about direct wholesaling and marketing-type support."
Article Published on December 23, 2014
Neuberger Puts Lehman 'Dark Days' in the Past
Having a high level of employee ownership allows a manager to "take a longer term view of their business and [be] less susceptible to market swings because they don't overreact to short-term market fluctuations," says Neil Bathon, managing partner at Fuse Research Network. "I don't see them chasing fads on the product front; [and] I didn't see them blowing out the sales force. They've been opening up channels step by step over the years."
Article Published on December 19, 2014
Scottish Manager Baillie Gifford Preps U.S. Funds
"I don't think they'll have any problem being seen as an expert, a boutique or specialist," says Neil Bathon, managing partner of Fuse Research Network. "Between Harbor, Hancock and Vanguard, you have some really well known groups that will have created a nice runway of awareness for them."
Article Published on December 17, 2014
Rep-as-PM Opportunity Outweighs Churn Concern
At the wirehouses, 59% of advisors report having no restrictions on manager or allocation decisions, suggesting full discretion. Another 40% said they have some discretion, but that their home office places some restrictions on their manager and allocation choices, according to a Fuse Research Network survey. Seventy-seven percent of independent broker-dealer advisors had could use full discretion programs and 19% had access to programs with some discretion. Fuse surveyed 740 advisors for the recent study. Rep-as-PM is attractive to advisors because it "certainly is more profitable," says Patrick Newcomb, director of BenchMark Research at Fuse. Since they are not paying to access home-office models, advisors can retain a much a larger piece of their 1% fee, he says. In December 2009, fewer than 40% of clients were serviced on rep-as-PM platforms at the wirehouses and independent broker-dealers. By September 2014, both channels had more than 50% of clients invested through these programs. Assets under management in these programs have taken a similar trajectory. In December 2009, the platforms held less than 40% of advisors' assets at the wirehouses and independent broker-dealers. That figure reached about 50% in both channels in September 2014, and Fuse expects it to climb to the upper end of the 50% range in both wires and independents by December 2015. "There's no sign of these programs' slowing," Newcomb says.
Article Published on December 16, 2014
MSWM Launches New Active Passive Models
Scoring a place in a home office model can provide lucrative flows to managers, but those products can also compete with certain types of third-party separately managed account (SMA) strategies, such as global tactical asset allocation (GTAA) or fund strategist SMAs, says Patrick Newcomb, director of BenchMark Research at Fuse Research Network. While landing a spot in a home office model can provide lucrative flows, for SMA managers, opportunities for placement in such models are selective, Fuse's Newcomb says. Evaluating the opportunity means taking a deep dive into the specifics of a particular UMA program. That means evaluating factors such as the popularity of firm's discretionary models, the average client account size, and where SMA strategies might make sense.
Article Published on December 11, 2014
Global Manager Shifts to Co-CEO Structure
Having the co-CEO position at RBC GAM reinforces how important BlueBay is to RBC GAM, says Neil Bathon, managing partner at Fuse Research Network. With Khein continuing to head BlueBay, the boutique will have an extra voice in the strategic decisions of the firm. Because Khein is retaining his role with BlueBay, he'll also be more involved with the day-to-day operations of the firm, creating more clear lines with responsibilities between he and Williams, says Bathon.
Article Published on December 10, 2014
Oppenheimer, Principal, MFS Chase Burgeoning Bank Channel
Though often overshadowed by the fast-growing registered investment advisor channel and others, banks accounted for 18% of gross sales in 2013 among asset managers with more than $50 billion, according to a Fuse Research Network study. The Fuse survey included 30 asset managers.
Article Published on December 9, 2014
TCW Tiptoes Past Rival Bond Shops' Sales
"It really is the fact that they acquired one of the best bond managers in the country in MetWest that helped to quell the outflows during the hubbub," says Neil Bathon, founder of Fuse Research Network.
Article Published on December 4, 2014
Activist Investor Departs Legg, Joins BNY in Board Musical Chairs
But beyond the board's work and the new strategic direction at the firm, the market has benefited the manager. "I would credit the market, the acquisition strategy, which has been executed well, and improvements to the sales and marketing functions [in Legg's progress]," says Neil Bathon, managing partner at Fuse Research Network.
Article Published on December 3, 2014
Net Sales: Much Discussed, Little Used in Wholesaler Comp
Often, though, it is a slice of the discretionary bonus and generally one of several components included in the calculation. It is usually excluded from the two major compensation buckets — commission and base salary, says Patrick Newcomb, director of BenchMark Research at FuseResearch Network. The Boston-based consulting firm found that median bonus pay accounted for only 8% of overall external wholesaler compensation in a recent midyear survey of 30 asset managers. Commission made up 66% and base salary covered the remaining 26%. More than half of the firms' bonuses included territory net sales as a component, but elements used just as often included market share, territory gross sales, CRM usage, diversity of product sales, meetings with "focus advisors" and total meetings. At least 50% of the firms used seven different criteria to calculate the bonus.Accounting for all elements of compensation, Fuse also found that the median pay to externals was $350,000, hybrids earned $159,000 and internals received $92,000 annually.
Article Published on November 19, 2014
'Staggering' Task List Pushes Key Account Pay, Head Count Up
The ever-growing power of distributors' home offices in driving fund sales has caused asset managers to add staff to their national accounts teams and fatten their paychecks....A separate Fuse Research Network survey shows that 40% of managers polled midyear plan to add key accounts staff within 12 months.
Article Published on November 14, 2014
Sales Forces Add Girth With Internals, RIA, IBD Specialists
Overall, 54% of fund companies polled plan to add internal wholesalers in the next 12 months, according to a Fuse Research Network study. About 40% also say they will increase their external and national accounts ranks, 12% will add DCIO staff, and about 25% expect to expand their product research support and internal sales desk management teams.Fuse conducted the survey of 30 asset managers in the middle of 2014."The role of the internal is certainly evolving, and a lot of the firms that we talked to are putting more responsibility on their internals," says Patrick Newcomb, director of BenchMark Researchat Fuse. This includes mining sales data and third-party software to identify new leads, as well as greater support for field wholesalers, he says.
Article Published on October 28, 2014
Fidelity Settles Succession Rumors, Taps Younger Johnson
Neil Bathon, managing partner at Fuse Research Network, called Johnson's promotion the "next natural progression" for Fidelity. Keeping leadership of the tightly held company in the family is a tradition. The elder Johnson, who has been FMR CEO and chairman since 1977, took the baton from patriarch Edward Johnson II, who founded Fidelity Management & Research in 1946 and stayed until his retirement in 1976.
Article Published on October 14, 2014
Shops Chop Fixed-Income Fund Fees
"There's a huge opportunity in that intermediate-term bond [category], which would include core and core-plus fixed-income funds," says Mike Evans, president of Fuse, a research and consulting firm....Gross's departure certainly changed the dynamics of the fixed-income business and forced asset managers to take a look at the money that will be moving through the sector over the next six to 12 months, says Fuse's Evans. Now firms are assessing their fees, ensuring competitive pricing and positioning to take advantage of the opportunity, Evans says. Fixed income accounts for a huge, constantly shifting pool of money, but the scale of what is now swirling around has swelled into the tens of billions of dollars, he says. In September, Pimco Total Return experienced outflows of $23.5 billion.The recent shifts rest atop the preexisting condition of fee compression, which the fixed-income market experiences more acutely. "Generally speaking, fixed income is priced more competitively [than equities], and I think the fee sensitivity is slightly higher on the fixed-income side," Evans says.
Article Published on October 10, 2014
In Play: A Peek at Pimco's Subadvisory Business
Most fund sponsors were likely reviewing their subadvisory agreements with Pimco well before Gross quit, says Sam Campbell, director of research at Fuse Research Network."A number of the subadvisory mandates were probably already on a watch list due to performance results and El-Erian's departure," says Campbell.But he doubts Pimco's problems will impact the variable annuities the firm subadvises. "There [are] a lot of platforms that already have separate alternatives to Pimco-subadvised funds, and thus it wouldn't necessarily require replacing Pimco on the actual fund," Campbell says. "It would be more of a migration of assets to the alternative products."
Article Published on October 6, 2014
Verdict Still Out on Values-Based Funds: Poll
Historically, values-based investing has been a more difficult sales proposition in the retail space than in the institutional markets, says Michael Evans, president of Fuse Research Network. "Retail investors are notorious performance chasers," says Evans. Although investors may buy into a fund that lines up with their convictions, those beliefs tend to wane during periods of underperformance, he says.
Article Published on September 25, 2014
Special Ops Forces Square Off With Distributor Home Offices
About 37% of asset managers have specialized squads focused on providing product information and other data to distributors' due diligence teams, according to a recent Fuse Research Network survey. Fuse surveyed executives at 30 asset managers."They can be viewed as a complement to a national account manager, where they're really responsible for building those platform relationships," says Patrick Newcomb, director of BenchMark Research at Fuse.
Article Published on September 18, 2014
Emerging Markets Boutique Staffs Up for Sales Push - Ignites
The Mirae funds' cumulative assets are small, but they have a "pretty robust distribution staff to support that business," says Sam Campbell, director of research at Fuse Research Network. "So it speaks to the commitment they are making to the U.S. business."
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Trauma-informed care approaches are important but limited, according to Susan McKenzie-Mohr, primary author of "Responding to the Needs of Youth Who are Homeless: Calling for Politicized Trauma-Informed Intervention." We spoke to her about the need to tie prevention and trauma-informed care more closely together.
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Hartford - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's budget director confirmed Wednesday that the state's budget deficit has grown to about $365 million, requiring the governor to submit a deficit-cutting plan to the General Assembly.
In testimony before the legislature's Appropriations Committee, Benjamin Barnes said the new figure includes declines in expected state revenues and increased spending for Medicaid services. Barnes said the Office of Policy and Management has already begun work on a deficit-cutting plan for Malloy's consideration.
"While I'm not prepared today to address any elements that might or might not be included in that plan, you can expect that we will announce specifics as soon as possible," he said. Malloy has said he would not support raising taxes to cover the budget gap.
Meanwhile, Barnes said, his office will release new budget projections on Nov. 20.
Republican legislative leaders have accused the Democratic administration of trying to downplay the extent of the state's deficit. On Monday, Malloy told the Hartford Courant that it was "a little premature" to be discussing a deficit. The fiscal year ends on June 30.
Malloy said the state could receive a revenue influx if wealthy state residents sell off stocks and report capital gains before any federal income tax increases kick in on Jan. 1. There is a debate in Washington over whether to extend tax cuts from President George W. Bush's era for wealthier taxpayers.
Barnes said Wednesday that it's possible the state may receive additional revenue. At the end of 2010, when there was also uncertainty about the tax rates, Connecticut residents reported a very large amount of capital gains and dividend income that led to a budget surplus, he said.
"We've not counted on that revenue, although I'm hopeful that when we revisit it in January, we will see evidence that that phenomenon has occurred and be able to forecast that revenue. For now, it is a possibility," he said.
The GOP was upset last week when Barnes announced that the latest estimates from the legislative and executive branch budget offices showed that Connecticut's tax revenues had fallen by $52.7 million since April, when the last revenue estimates were released.
House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, accused the administration of trying to "put lipstick on a pig" and said it should have revealed the total deficit figure. Cafero contends the state is in "very difficult fiscal shape."
Barnes has said the slumping revenue figures are "not surprising given the continued sluggishness of the national economic recovery."
During Wednesday's hearing, Barnes said the General Fund, the state's largest account, is currently short by about $260 million. He attributed it to growth in the Medicaid program, explaining how caseloads have increased, in addition to spending on hospital and nursing home care.
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Wight Cottage is adjacent to Fort Victoria and close to the pretty harbour town of Yarmouth. The cottage has wonderful sea views from the master bedroom and from the living room, plus plenty of outside space for safe playing, barbequing with family/friends, or simply enjoying a book or a glass of wine, whilst watching boats sail by as the sun sets over the Fort.
The cottage backs onto the Fort Victoria nature reserve, a network of paths that run through woodlands and down to the beach, and forms part of the Isle of Wight coastal path. A short walk away is some of the most spectacular coastal scenery in Britain, and some fabulous beaches. Around half of the Isle of Wight is designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and much of it in the West Wight. The area is also packed with historical and cultural landmarks, characterful pubs, and some wonderful attractions for kids.
The cottage sleeps four in two bedrooms - a master bedroom and a twin bedroom, and an additional travel cot is available on request. There is a newly-installed bathroom with a 'shower/bath' and heated towel rail. The comfy living room features a sofa, armchair and a chaise longue and a log-burning stove. There is a flat screen TV with integrated DVD, a hi-fi system and an extensive library of DVDs, CDs, books and games. The kitchen is very modern, and fully equipped, and a separate dining room.
Parking is available in the car park adjacent to the cottages, about 20m from the front door. There is no road near the cottages, making them exceptionally safe for children to play. There is a private garden to the rear of the property, a private courtyard/BBQ area to the front of the property, opening out to a very large communal garden in front of the beach.
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We stayed here a week in April and can recommend the holiday rental: clean, well equipped, good location, with views across the Solent. The only downside was the heating; we arrived on the Saturday an… More
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What a find! This was our first stay in the cottage and we were very impressed. The cottage was fully equipped to make our stay comfortable and enjoyable. There was everything you could possibly need … More
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This was the 4th time I had visited the property - every time has been wonderful. I have visited with my husband and teenage sons, just with husband, and also with girlfriends. The cottage is perfec… More
8 Jan 2013
"Beautiful, perfectly equipped period cottage by the sea"
Myself, my husband and our one year old son went for a one week stay at Wright Cottage and it was delightful. The sea was a 2 minute walk from the cottage, which was fantastic for little legs eager to… More
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We thoroughly enyoyed out stay and look forward to returning in the not too distant future. This is a lovely cottage, a real home frm home, tastefully furnished with everything you need and more. Th… More
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We had a great stay on the Island. The cottage is very well equipped and suited our family with three children aged 6, 10 and 12 very well. Being able to walk so quickly to the beach was great and the… More
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