February 2017

OPINION: Time to learn German

I’ve suggested before on these pages that the UK would never have voted for Brexit if the  British were more linguistically able. Learning a...

MIFID II: Will distributors make it on time?

One of MiFID II’s numerous implications for funds is ‘target markets’. The way this investor protection regime is managed is still to be finalised...

MULTI-ASSET: Make inflation great again!

The new US president promised tax cuts, deregulation and increased infrastructure spending, but Stefanie Eschenbacher finds that multi-asset managers are becoming increasingly concerned he...

INVESTMENT: Regime change

Investors that have relied on central banks to support asset prices may be in for a rude awakening as the easing of monetary policy...

ETFs: Swinging fortunes

Germany’s db X-trackers and France’s Lyxor were both hit when investors ditched European ETFs last year. Nick Fitzpatrick asks if there’s ‘trouble at the...

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: This is the year

Mark Weeks, head of ETF Securities, reflects on Brexit’s trampling of the FTSE and tells Nick Fitzpatrick he hopes to see stock and bond...

REGULATION: How the Wild West was won

Hopes are high that the Central Bank of Ireland’s final guidance on fund governance will help to dispel its financial service sector’s Wild West...

FINTECH: Best of frenemies

In the fintech age, the threatening word ‘disruption’ reverberates around the asset management industry. Yet ‘the barbarians at the gate’ are suddenly welcome, writes...

FINTECH IN CUSTODY BANKING: Threat of extinction

Global custodians feel blockchain will strengthen their market position. But unless they use it to overhaul their service, rather than just refurbishing it, they...

SPONSORED FEATURE: The continuing case for investment in sustainable real estate

In the midst of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” and in the wake of Brexit and the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, there is...

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