Nick Fitzpatrick

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Insurers’ spending increases to apply greater scrutiny of risks

Insurers increasingly spend on scenario analysis and stress testing to gain greater transparency about their investment strategies. Part of the pressure to do this is...

Investec targets UK property market with £250m

Wealth manager Investec has launched a UK real estate equity investment strategy and plans to raise £250 million in the next two years. Called “Realis”,...

Can the Inflation Reduction Act withstand election year politics?

A Republican win could threaten the clean energy-supporting Inflation Reduction Act. But fully undoing it would be complex and some Republicans even see the...

Higher hedge fund activity and dwindling ‘greenium’ expected for sovereign bond markets

Sovereign bond issuers are concerned that demand for new issues in 2024 will fall primarily due to central banks reducing their buying – although...

Rise in crypto fund launches predicted as digital gains “acceptance”

About a quarter of institutions and wealth managers in a survey said they expected a dramatic rise in the launch of digital asset funds,...

GSAM partially outsources trading to BNY Mellon

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has become the latest customer for BNY Mellon’s buyside trading business. The asset manager is to use the outsourced trading...

Why the funds industry is so bad at creating a utility

A central utility to help standardise operations and speed up data processing in cross-border European funds has largely alluded the industry for many years....

Euroclear offers private assets at reduced minimum investment levels following iCapital deal

Euroclear is to provide wider access to private markets investment following a partnership with iCapital, a platform that hosts funds investing in alternative assets...

Jean-Marc Goy’s invitation from Luxembourg

Luxembourg’s funds industry chairman Jean-Marc Goy invites the world to launch funds from the Grand Duchy - and try the local wines, hears Nick...

Dividend payments via cheque must go

There are investors, even today, who are still waiting for paper cheques in the post to receive their dividends. This must stop, says Chris...

An act of futility in the funds industry

Utilities in the funds industry would remove frictions and complexity. Nicholas Pratt hears why the funds industry has a terrible track record at collaborating...

“Unique achievement” as two industry groups agree on UK post-trade bond transparency

Two industry groups that represent “often opposing” sides of the investment industry say they have reached an agreement on UK post-trade transparency for corporate...

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