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RECESSION and ASIA: Seeds of Discontent

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Recession may not be an immediate fear in Asia, but food prices are a major source of inflation in Asia. Fiona Rintoul asks if...

MUTUAL FUND PRICING: What’s it made of?

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The ingredients of active fund prices are largely impossible to discern, but Richard Goddard, of Fund-X SA, says there is innovation in the industry...

DERIVATIVES PROCESSING: a quick entrance

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Swift is pioneering the automation of OTC derivatives transactions but a number of asset managers are not joining the scheme. Instead they are saving...

CLEARING AND SETTLEMENT: Clearing the way

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Europe’s cumbersome clearing and settlement process is still some way off the sleek US model, finds Angelique Ruzicka, despite efforts to develop it Asset managers...

ASSET SERVICING: The see-saw effect

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The credit crunch has seen the fortunes of asset managers fall, while custodians’ financial results have risen. Rather than be irked by this, Nick...

COMPANY PROFILE: Growth story

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By virtue of the fact Nicholas-Applegate focuses on growth, not value, it managed to escape the worst effects of the sub-prime crisis, suffered by other...

COVER STORY – NOVEMBER 2007: Fully equipped?

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As fund managers use ever more complex instruments, some are now selecting prime brokers instead of custodians to service their portfolios. Angelique Ruzicka analyses...

TRANSFER AGENCY: Breaking language barriers

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With Asia an ever more important buyer of European Ucits 3 funds, administrators are increasingly using transfer agency platforms to meet the challenges of...

COMPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY: Right to comply

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Nicholas Pratt looks at how Schroders and Thames River use compliance technology to handle onerous regulation The next four months will see fund managers facing...

CLIENT REPORTING: Everything to report

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In these days of mass communication, ever more knowledgable clients expect detailed information, specific to their portfolio. Fund managers should be working towards full...

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