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EMERGING MARKETS: Buy what China buys

Fear saw emerging markets sold off in January. But the sector’s fundamentals are still strong. Fiona Rintoul reports on what the experts say about...

UCITS: Driving higher profits

Selling higher revenue products and increasing geographical reach is important for many asset managers’ profitability. Nick Fitzpatrick asks if Europe’s Ucits III funds can...

SUB CUSTODY: Prematue takeoff

Central and eastern European securities markets have attracted massive overseas investment – but their infrastructure isn’t quite ready. Christine Senior reports The eastern European securities...

SECURITIES LENDING: Handing it over

Despite recent credit woes, securities lending hasn’t taken a nosedive. Sarah Coles finds that it’s a low risk strategy, which generates reasonable returns if...

TRADING TECHNOLOGY: Buying time

Industry research shows that buy-side trading is undergoing significant changes that warrant comprehensive overhauls of fund managers’ technology infrastructure. Nicholas Pratt talks to DnB...

OPEN FORUM: Shopping around

Do you feel that fund supermarkets offer adequate distribution opportunities to help asset managers grow their business in Europe? Steve Cook, business advisor, Morse “The...

FUND SUPERMARKETS: It’s no ebay

A pan-European fund supermarket should be easier to set up than eBay's global shopping centre. But platforms still lack the depth of coverage, finds...

TRANSFER AGENCY: Breaking language barriers

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

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...

BUYSIDE DEALING: 10 ways of being fooled

Hans-Olov Bornemann believes there needs to be a debate about how broker-dealers serve fund managers. The issues go beyond unbundling, though, and into the...

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Luxembourg is one of the world’s premiere centres for cross-border distribution of investment funds. Read our special regional coverage, coinciding with the annual ALFI European Asset Management Conference.
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