Asset Servicing

Roundtable: The valuable Irish passport

A new partnership structure will boost the attraction of Irish real and private asset funds internationally, closing a gap with Luxembourg. Our panel of Ireland fund experts talks about this, plus anti-money laundering and CP86.

Cybersecurity: How hackers could spark the next crisis

Hackers can spend months inside a financial firm’s systems, diverting money. As Alex Rolandi reports, this is a concern to all funds industry actors, from custodians to private equity firms.

Emerging markets roundtable: An uneven recovery

Our expert panel discusses what the uneven recovery across emerging markets means for investors, whether there is a crisis looming, China as an asset class, ESG challenges and more. Chaired by Alex Rolandi.

Roundtable: Understanding context to make sense of ESG data

Pension funds, asset managers and servicers discuss the lack of interesting sustainable investment opportunities, the SFDR’s impact on UK investors and managers, and why contextualising data is key. Chaired by Romil Patel.

Emerging markets: A story that still has substance

Emerging economies were seen as one of the most promising markets for investors, yet they have struggled for a decade. Their success in confronting Covid-19 could now put them back in the limelight, finds Tanya Ashreena.

Carbon accounting: Measuring what matters

Matthew_Brander The focus on net-zero targets has intensified scrutiny on measurement and disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions. But carbon accounting is a young art, explains Dr Matthew...

Data and blockchain: the keys to growth in fund distribution

Paolo_Brignardello Investment fund actors want to see vast improvements in the quality and volume of data unavailable to them today. By using a cross-boundary DLT infrastructure, their...

Action now! Accelerating litigation to meet climate targets

Thomas_Tayler A landmark legal ruling in the Hague has ordered Royal Dutch Shell to move faster to bring its emissions in line with the Paris Agreement on climate. Thomas Tayler, a trained lawyer...

Three things investors need to know about ESG data collection

Omri_Orgad The number of investors and corporations adopting environmental, societal, and corporate governance (ESG) data collection strategies has risen significantly in recent years.

A new outsourcing model is helping buy-side rise above competition

Leonard_Ollier The increasingly complex marketplace is pressuring asset managers to reduce costs and improve efficiencies. Léonard Ollier of Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) explains...

Executive interview: The ‘veteran’ CEO who wants to demystify jargon

Patrick Thomson, JP Morgan Asset Management’s regional chief executive, tells Alex Rolandi about his military service, industry consolidation and the importance of ESG.

Interview: Fisch AM - “A special kind of animal”

Juerg Sturzenegger, chief executive officer of Fisch Asset Management, talks to Alex Rolandi about the challenges of the pandemic, the pros and cons of being a niche player – and how the remote...

Roundtables & Panels

Emerging markets roundtable: An uneven recovery

Roundtable: Understanding context to make sense of ESG data

Assets in SFDR funds rocket but number of funds is “unexpected”

Funds that meet the EU’s highest requirements on ESG disclosure could come to represent half of the region’s total assets under management (AUM) in just the next 12 months.

Schroders increases revenues and appoints Dame Elizabeth Corley as non-exec

Schroders has appointed Dame Elizabeth Corley, a former asset management CEO, to join its board as a non-executive director.

Fiduciary managers not incorporating ESG risks, study finds

Most fiduciary managers do not incorporate ESG risks into investments properly, despite trustees’ support for ESG’s usage in making investment decisions, research suggests.

Global private equity assets surpass $4tn for first time

Strong fundraising and returns have seen assets in global private equity funds rise $595 billion in 2019, pushing total industry assets to over US$4.1 trillion (€3.7 trillion).

“Excessive” market data costs may not fall with MiFID III ‘consolidated tape’

Asset managers and other market participants are unlikely to see reduced market data costs in the EU under plans for a ‘consolidated tape’ – the digital, real-time publication of market data.