It felt ridiculous asking Anastasiia Gavryliuk of the Ukrainian Association of Investment Business to write an article for Funds Europe shortly after Russia launched its invasion of her country. Indeed, in my email to her, I acknowledged that the idea of her checking in on work emails while under attack seemed ridiculous too.

The funds industry is looking at adopting new types of technology, from automation to ESG reporting, blockchain and tokenisation. A FundsTech roundtable in March explored how these will revolutionise the sector.