September 2015

SECURITIES LENDING: A tougher landscape

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Next March, Ucits V will entrench a more transparent, if more severe, environment for securities lending. The landscape for funds to benefit from lending...

LEGAL EASE: Mifid II – harmonising third-country access

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The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) has been credited with adding to regulatory burden but it has made progress in an...

GLOBAL SUSTODY: Scale of the century

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This year’s survey shows that scale is as important as ever to global custodians – but headcount and operational costs will also prove key,...

GLOBAL SUSTODY: The price is right

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An outbreak of common sense among asset managers could be the biggest consolation for custody banks striving to make their core services profitable. Nicholas...

GLOBAL CUSTODY: A patchwork world

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Funds Europe asked leading custody figures about overlapping reporting requirements and dealing with fragmented approaches by countries to fund retrocessions. JEAN DEVAMBEZ, GLOBAL HEAD OF...

FUND LAUNCHES: Fund launches review – September 2015

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We profile some of the most interesting fund launches in recent weeks and examine the performance of a product already on the market. POST-RETIREMENTState Street...

ASSOCIATION COLUMN: The need for better industry collaboration in a post-MiFID II world

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As the industry awaits the detailed MiFID II rules on consumer protection – introducing new product governance requirements – firms have already kicked off...

SPONSORED PROFILE: Opportunities in EM corporate bonds

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The emerging markets corporate bond universe is much larger and more diverse than widely assumed. In the current market, a growth recovery in the...

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