Opinion

Why the funds industry is so bad at creating a utility

A central utility to help standardise operations and speed up data processing in cross-border European funds has largely alluded the industry for many years....

Dividend payments via cheque must go

There are investors, even today, who are still waiting for paper cheques in the post to receive their dividends. This must stop, says Chris...

Poland: Europe’s emerging market success story

Strange to think of an emerging market country in Europe, perhaps, but with GDP per capita at almost half the EU average, Ed Butchart...

ESG – flash in the pan, or here to stay?

ESG in real estate is here to stay. Fund managers, investors and landlords know there's no hiding from it, says Lawrie Cunningham, director, and...

Steps fund houses can take to prepare for US T+1

T+1 settlement in the US is approaching. Val Wotton of market infrastructure provider DTCC argues says there are seven steps that firms should take...

Fund managers are buying time to make their investments pay

Longer exit cycles are seen in private equity as fund managers seek higher valuations from various sources, including secondary markets and sectors such as...

The crypto cavalry is not coming

Life, for most of us, is a slog that sees us get up early, traipse to a job we barely tolerate, organise our free...

Will equity options trading in non-US hours continue to grow in 2024?

As institutional investors look ahead to the New Year, Minah Kim, senior director, equity products, at CME Group, explains why an increasing number of...

A growing universe of emerging market debt

Edward Harrold, fixed income specialist at Capital Group, says why investors should consider EM debt in the current economic environment, and says there is...

China is simply not worth the risk for public equity investors

Institutional investors are right to worry about their exposure to China and often wrong about how they mitigate the risk, explains Christophe Roehri, deputy CEO,...

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