France’s financial watchdog said supervision of each cross-border alternative investment fund (AIFs) should be made the responsibility of one regulator in order to reduce supervisory fragmentation.
Amundi has set up a business to act as an outsourced chief investment officer (CIO). The business is targeting institutions and family offices.
Donia Rouigueb, head of sales for securities finance and repo at CACEIS, participated in our recent securities finance roundtable. She reflects on whether asset owners are likely to move their sec lending activity in-house and on broader issues, including steps to standardise market practice.
Specialist fund administrator IQ-EQ has acquired Constellation Advisers, a US-based outsourced investment services provider, in a move to bolster its alternative investment services capability and expand its US presence.
FundTech talks to Amundi Services’ Romain Sauvage and Gianluca Minieri about an increased demand for outsourced dealing among fund managers, driven by rising technology costs and the impact of Covid-19.
Nicholas Pratt talks to First Sentier Investors’ Kerry McCormack about the challenges of migrating a multinational firm on to a new global platform in the middle of a pandemic.
