Dec 2017-Jan 2018

SPONSORED FEATURE: From stone administration to loan administration: Private debt is in demand

Subdued bank lending coupled with demand for yield is seeing private debt emerge as a major alternative asset class. BNP Paribas Securities Services details...

ESG: Under a cloud

Doubts about esg are on the rise. Catherine Lafferty looks at where the strategy is going wrong and what it might be doing right. Investment...

SPONSORED FEATURE: The ESG force

Since its founding in 2010, Amundi has not only become one of the world's largest asset managers, but also one of the largest responsible...

DIGITAL: Fund management on the go

Asset management is having a difficult time adjusting to mobile delivery and must hurry, finds Fiona Rintoul. “Digital technologies: do or die” is a PricewaterhouseCoopers...

REGULATION: Big data change

2018 will see a raft of new regulation that will impact the funds industry. Following last month’s piece on the Base Erosion and Profit...

REGTECH: Engines at the ready

With MiFID II about to go live, Nicholas Pratt talks to a number of regtech providers about their pre-MiFID preparations and post-MiFID expectations. The long-awaited...

LEGAL EASE: Are the kids all right?

The European Union’s focus on investor protection, especially in the retail market, deserves strong support and encouragement. The EU’s Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment...

PASSPORT: Have passport, will travel?

The Asia Region Funds Passport is due to launch in 2018. But will it catch on? George Mitton reports. While most of the developed world...

FUND LAUNCHES: A European first

The past few weeks have seen the launch of europe’s first bitcoin mutual fund, along with two fixed income responsible investment products. Tobam has launched...

ASSOCIATION COLUMN: Views from Switzerland

Global wealth is estimated to have risen to $256 trillion (€215 trillion) in 2016. This translates into a year-on-year increase of 1.4%, roughly matching...

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

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CLOUD DATA PLATFORMS

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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