March 2017

Anti-money laundering: Money bags

kevin -

With banks under global scrutiny for failing to comply with a growing raft of anti-money laundering regulations, Mark Latham investigates whether enough is being...

INSIDE VIEW: Capital requirements: simpler – but higher

Michael Chambers -

Regulation of investment firms in the EU is changing and certain firms will get new ‘proportionate’ prudential requirements. But don’t expect proportionate to mean...

LEGAL EASE: A trigger for liquidity management tools in real estate funds

Funds Europe -

Liquidity management has been a key part of regulatory reform since the financial crisis in 2008. It has also been the subject of papers...

MINING: If it’s not grown, it’s mined

George Mitton -

After a desperate few years, rising commodity prices proffer new hope for investors in the mining sector. George Mitton reports from Cape Town. It was...

SECURITIES LENDING: Grinding to a halt

Nik Pratt -

Regulatory-backed restrictions are leading Ucits funds to step back from securities lending. Nicholas Pratt talks to lending agents and prime brokers about the implications. Ucits...

BACK OFFICE VIEW: Ireland provides the answers

Charles Bathurst -

Ireland has been subject to immense financial change over the past decade and a key area of ongoing growth has been the asset servicing...

CLEARING & SETTLEMENT: Tiny costs, out of sight

Nik Pratt -

Nicholas Pratt looks at the attention managers pay to the cost of clearing and settlement and finds that the costs are too low to...

CLEARING & SETTLEMENT INTERVIEW: Storm on clearing

Nick Fitzpatrick -

Nicholas Pratt talks to Roger Storm, head of clearing risk and development at Six x-clear about the cost of clearing and settlement and how...

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