Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has rolled out three thematic exchange-traded funds (ETFs) aimed at capturing investment opportunities in artificial intelligence, healthcare breakthroughs, and clean water.
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has rolled out three thematic exchange-traded funds (ETFs) aimed at capturing investment opportunities in artificial intelligence, healthcare breakthroughs, and clean water.
The unveiling of Facebook’s latest plans for world domination should be of big interest to the funds industry. Project Libra is the social media corporation’s plan to issue its own cryptocurrency along with a digital wallet scheme.
Our panellists were asked about all things data, including which data ranks as the most valuable, the impact of new technology on data and whether managers have too much or not enough data. Chaired by Nicholas Pratt.
Currently, the fund industry uses technology to implement reactive change, to automate and improve existing processes, which alone does not lead to a paradigm shift. By Metrosoft chief executive Janusz Lorenc.
Nicholas Pratt looks at the launch of two blockchain-based services for fund distribution, registration and settlement, and their implications for the industry.
Richard Clarkson, principal solution consultant at Oracle, explains how the asset management market is moving beyond legacy for transfer agency services.
From tokenomics to behavioural science, disruption came to the fore at the latest FundTech Lab event in London. Nicholas Pratt reports.
Chicago-headquartered Northern Trust is set to transfer its distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform for private equity asset servicing to Broadridge Financial Solutions.
Societe Generale’s Securities Services’ global fund trading activities in Luxembourg are to be transferred to distribution platform MFEX, following a long-term partnership deal reached by both companies.
Europe’s largest fund conference, FundForum International is underway in Copenhagen. The agenda features panel discussions on some of the industry’s hot topics, such as ESG, digital and technology.
