http://www.efinancialnews.com/
This Dow Jones’ owned website presents the reader with a lot of news on asset management and investment banking. Whereas the focus of Global Pensions and IPE is a bit more towards the institutional investor (pension plans, central banks, endowments et cetera) side of things, Financial News focuses more on the providers of investment solutions. It is therefore not surprising that the website links to an interesting site for those who are on a job hunt in this fascinating industry as well (Efinancial Careers). The main focus is on short-term, latest news but once in a while interesting background articles are added as well. The latter are often the result of a thorough round of interviews with industry leaders by FN journalists.
http://www.ipe.com
IPE is one of the leading practitioner magazines for people interested in institutional investments and pensions in Europe. Not only does it cover topical and more technical feature articles, it also pays quite a bit of attention to the important individuals in this industry. It is an important source of information. The editors ensure a sufficient level of independence so that readers don’t have to worry about articles being “advertorial”, which, unfortunately, occurs way too often in our industry.
http://www.globalpensions.com/
Global Pensions is doing exactly as the title suggests, covering the institutional investments and pensions market on a global scale. Especially interesting is the Country Page, (http://globalpensions.com/showPage.html?page=gp_display_countryprofile), where interested readers can learn about pension market developments in dozens of countries around the world. This kind of broad coverage in the globally growing pension industry is quite rare. Global Pensions is, therefore, a great magazine for those of us that want to expand that service across borders and/or learn from the experiences of others in different countries.
http://www.thomsonimnews.com/
Thomson Investment Management News is an excellent source if you want to really learn about important changes or news within the institutional investment community in Europe, as they happen. Stories are often shorter and less in-depth than those in IPE or Global Pensions, but with its direct link to Reuters and some of the best financial databases (Datastream, First Call, IBES and World Scope), all entities belonging to the Thomson group of firms/brands – receive quick and adequate coverage of even the most recent news.