risk management

Vital to focus on robust risk management – BlackRock

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Market volatility has been on an upward trajectory over recent weeks. The European Central Bank raised all three key interest rates by 75 basis...

Opinion: Financial services still penalising women for natural life events

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On World Menopause Day (October 18) Jayne Brown of Simplify Consulting notes that a tenth of women quit their job over this natural stage...

Investor confidence ‘lowest since start of the pandemic’

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Investor confidence has fallen to lows not seen since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic due to a proliferation of risks, according to new...

Specialist Fund Administration: Strength in numbers

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At a time when ‘traditional’ fund administrators face competition from specialists in the growing private assets space, HSBC forged a partnership with a third-party...

Technology: Dealing with the ‘fax offenders’

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The funds industry boasts 90% automation rates, so why is the fax machine still a ubiquitous presence? Nicholas Pratt examines the enduring appeal of...

Data costs: it’s time for joint action

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Thomas Richter, chief executive of Germany’s BVI, says the financial industry must unite to resist the pricing power of “data oligopolies”. The fund industry is dependent...

Cryptoassets: A crypto winter’s tale

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We are currently living in a crypto winter, as evidenced by the falling value of cryptocurrencies. This is not the first such winter, though. There...

Association Column: Active vs passive funds: an answer

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Passive or active? Jean-Marie Catala and Arabelle Conte, of France’s AFG funds association, advocate for a diversified investment model. Can we conclude that – from...

Editorial: Leading indicator

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Research back in 1986 showed how the inversion of the yield curve had been a leading indicator of recessions since the 1960s, and subsequent...

Global corporate bonds: Prediction power of the yield curve

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What is the yield curve? What signals has it been giving recently? And what does this mean for corporate bonds? David Blackman explains. It doesn’t...

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