With increased industry demands for transparency, TCA has been promoted from bit part to star player, says Richard Hooke, of Fidessa

With increased industry demands for transparency, TCA has been promoted from bit part to star player, says Richard Hooke, of Fidessa
With its former chief executive ousted, its global structure reorganised, and two middle-office contracts potentially lost, Nick Fitzpatrick asks what's going on at BNP Paribas Securities Services.
The best administrators are becoming more agile and pragmatic when it comes to meeting the needs of fund stakeholders, says Paul Everitt
The memory of failed lift-outs have been banished to the past and outsourcing is now making inroads into the front and middle offices, discovers Nicholas Pratt
As MiFID nears its third anniversary, Nicholas Pratt examines whether the fragmentation of the securities market has been consistent and led to true competition, or if it has just created more problems to be solved
Multi-managers tell Lisa Kindle how they are adapting to changing investor needs, which include tighter risk management and more diversification into alternatives
The flight to Europe from unregulated fund centres like the Cayman Islands may have been overstated, says Angele Spiteri Paris
Ruppert, Helderlé, Du Toit, Servant, Parker, Corley and De Franssu: seven industry-leading chief executives and senior managers met with Funds Europe in October 2010 to share thoughts...