July-August 2017

INFRASTRUCTURE: Cashing in on planes, trains and automobiles

Catherine Lafferty -

Infrastructure offers high yields and a hedge against inflation but it’s not easy for retail investors to access the asset class, writes Catherine Lafferty. These...

LEGAL EASE: A strong cocktail

Funds Europe -

There are clear trends to do with the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) and the setting up of EU funds that benefit from...

INSIDE VIEW: How to avoid disruption

Funds Europe -

JRLowry of State Street Global Exchange explains five emerging technologies that asset management firms need to consider. The digital transformation in financial services is not going...

FUND SERVICES: Rent-a-manager

Nik Pratt -

The outsourced ‘ManCo’ market is getting more competitive to meet a growing demand for third-party services, reports Nicholas Pratt. Providers of third-party management companies, or...

BACK OFFICE VIEW: The global nirvana

Funds Europe -

Scale and global presence provide a significant advantage for asset managers. Consequently there has been a drive in the last ten years for asset...

BOOK REVIEW: Flawed equations

George Mitton -

Part guidebook, part polemic, The Money Formula by Paul Wilmott and David Orrell is a journey into the arcane world of quantitative finance. review...

FUND LAUNCHES: Machine funding

kevin -

Some of the most recent product launches have included the “first” european social bond fund and an artificial intelligence fund. Columbia Threadneedle investments has brought...

ASSOCIATION COLUMN: A game-changer?

Funds Europe -

The Norwegian funds industry may seem modest, but it has shown steady and solid growth for more than three decades, with assets under management...

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