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UK multi-asset fund sales fell 7% in second half of 2023

Funds Europe -

Multi-asset fund sales in the UK dropped 7% in the second half of last year despite a 2% rise in financial adviser sales. The report...

BlackRock launches government bond Ucits ETFs

Mark Latham -

US investment giant BlackRock has launched four Ucits ETFs based on government bonds, adding new maturities and exposures to its current ranges of nine...

Federated Hermes boss: AI’s private equity journey “is an evolution not a revolution”

Mark Latham -

The use of artificial intelligence has as much capacity to benefit private as public markets, according to Karen Sands, the chief operating officer for...

Fund managers feel technologists on boards are underrepresented: FundsTech Forum survey

Piyasi Mitra -

The majority (96%) of respondents at the FundsTech Forum held in London today said they feel technologists are underrepresented at the board level, highlighting...

FundsTech Forum Panel: Digital transformation – assessing the velocity of digital change

Piyasi Mitra -

Facing pressure to prove value, fund managers increasingly turn to digitisation for efficiency and cost reduction. As digital sophistication correlates with performance, has the...

Panel debate: Is regulation stifling innovation?

Funds Europe -

No-one doubts the importance of regulation for delivering investor protection and market stability. But the regulatory costs on asset managers are substantial and occur at...

FundsTech Forum panel: Tokenisation: the teenage years of development?

Piyasi Mitra -

Tokenisation is both challenging and eagerly awaited, much like parenting a teenager. Amidst regulatory uncertainty and potential gaps in understanding demand, the first FundsTech...

AI “far from being magic solution to make money from”

Funds Europe -

For AI to revolutionise portfolio management, it is important to have not only an abundance of data, but also the ability to create and...

Digital divide and data costs reveal industry concerns: FundsTech Forum survey

Piyasi Mitra -

About 75% of participants attending the FundsTech Forum held in London today agreed that market data costs are excessive, highlighting a significant concern within...

FundsTech Forum panel: Data and utilities – why is the funds industry so terrible at creating a utility?

Piyasi Mitra -

In the second panel at FundsTech held in London today, experts examined various initiatives designed to harmonise and standardise data in the funds industry. The...

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