Asset Servicing

Private equity: Where are the bargains?

With global dry powder at a record $1.5 trillion, is the Covid crisis simply an opportunity for private equity firms to snap up firms on the cheap, or will the decade-long rise of private equity in Europe finally start to slow? By Mark Latham.

Specialist fund administrators directory 2020: Covid-19, private equity and liquidity

We present a directory of specialist administrators that took part in Funds Europe’s latest survey and ask senior executives about their experiences of the coronavirus pandemic.

Real estate and Covid-19: 'The office is not dead yet'

Covid-19 has turned the world upside-down – but even though more people are working from home, it does not necessarily signal the death of the office. Alex Rolandi reports.

Fund governance: An exhaustive look under the bonnet

SVM Asset Management believes its response to the FCA's new Assessment of Value regime exceeded basic requirements. Bob Currie talks to the firm’s founder, independent directors and certain staff to find out how.

Fund charges: The latest assault on fees

Recently, Esma said funds were overcharging retail investors and urged more consistency on fees across the EU. What will this mean for UK asset managers once the Brexit transition is over? Alex Rolandi reports.

Digital Features & Sponsored Profiles

Answering the fundamental questions

Recent financial uncertainties have driven asset managers to re-examine the case for service outsourcing, SGSS’s Sarj Panesar tells Funds Europe.

Private markets and alternatives in APAC

Shanghai Private equity investors plan to ramp up their investments in the Asia-Pacific region by 11% in 2020, according to Preqin Pro data shared during our...

The importance of experts

Cloud_computing Funds Europe talks to WisdomTree’s Chris Gannatti about the firm’s cloud computing ETF and the importance of working with subject matter experts when developing...

The case for selectivity

Li_Wei_BlackRock Funds Europe talks to Wei Li, managing director and head of investment strategy for BlackRock ETF and Index Investments about the biggest...

At one with Ireland’s funds ecosystem

Meliosa O’Caoimh, Northern Trust As Northern Trust celebrates 20 years in Ireland, Funds Europe speaks with country head Meliosa O’Caoimh...

Executive Interviews

Executive interview: A question of positive externalities

Jul 01, 2020

‘There is finance, there is money and there is quality – quality of life in a wider sense,’ Günther Schiendl, chief investment officer of VBV Pensionskasse, tells Romil Patel.

Keith Skeoch interview: SLA's heights of ambition

Jun 18, 2020

It seemed like a great idea at the time, but three years after the merger that created Standard Life Aberdeen, and as a global depression looms, what are chief executive Keith Skeoch's thoughts...

Roundtables & Panels