November 2018

EDITORIAL: Dealing with Mifid II

It was thought that under MiFID II, broker-dealer banks – who mainly provided securities research and execution services bundled together – would lose out...

OPINION: Stuck at ‘anger’

The Kübler Ross curve is usually deployed to illustrate the stages people go through when dealing with a major change such as bereavement or...

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Canada’s new frontiers

Damon Williams, chief executive of RBC Global Asset Management, has been recruiting to make RBC as well-known in European asset management as in capital...

FRENCH ASSET SERVICING: On the up

After the barrage of regulations precipitated by the financial crisis, France’s three asset servicing giants are at last free to concentrate on gaining new...

FRENCH ASSET MANAGEMENT: A piece of the action

Funds Europe’s annual report on the French industry looks at business over the past year, as firms respond to ever-greater pressure on fees and...

LEGAL EASE: Brexit and the GDPR

Even though the UK has now implemented the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), it’ll need to agree new arrangements with the EU post-Brexit. Last August,...

SECURITIES RESEARCH: Independence struggle

Securities research from sources other than brokers should be thriving under MiFID II, but as Nicholas Pratt finds, the independents may be the regulation’s...

MiFID II WEBINAR: The best intentions

Best execution within securities is an area where MiFID II is having a major impact. Gerard Walsh of Northern Trust Capital Markets joined Funds...

MENA MARKETS: Eyes on the Gulf

Against a backdrop of fiscal and structural adjustments, a large increase in bond issuance in Mena countries will continue, say Amanda LaMarca and Jaymeson...

SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY: What might go right in South Africa?

The outlook for South Africa has been revised downwards for external and internal reasons, but Marie Antelme of Coronation Fund Managers says the country’s...

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Luxembourg is one of the world’s premiere centres for cross-border distribution of investment funds. Read our special regional coverage, coinciding with the annual ALFI European Asset Management Conference.
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