In creating Turn – a platform designed to standardise the copious data requirements under MiFID II – the funds industry has found something like a Holy Grail: a utility built not so much from blockchain, but from the willingness of competing firms to cooperate.
Courtney Thomas and Maximilien Dambax, of specialist fund administrator Alter Domus, give insight into how client-facing technology is driving the alternative funds administration business.
Keeping up with changes in the asset management world has become a full-time pursuit. Between persistent fee pressure and increased competition for assets, fund firms are constantly having to reevaluate their operational strategies to stay current and competitive, writes SS&C’s Nick Wright.
If one person owned the US presidential inauguration in January, it was not Joe Biden, not even Kamala Harris, the first ever female vice president, but the 22-year-old national youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman.
Investment managers (IMs) seeking new European markets can launch a fund on either a hosted platform or as a standalone structure. Davy Global Fund Management’s Luxembourg CEO Stephen Roberts and director Annette Stack explain the key points to consider when making this decision.
Infrastructure is correctly seen as a diversifier and source of stable returns. Pete Carvill looks at the UK’s needs and finds that despite the steep entry costs, there is a role for smaller pension schemes.
Can fund managers step up through ESG programmes and create a fairer society? Mirza Baig, an ESG leader at Aviva Investors, believes they can and explains to Nick Fitzpatrick how executive pay is one lever that can influence the outcome.
David Sarfas, head of private capital at Intertrust Group, discusses how robotisation and emerging technology is driving data management processes forward.
