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Data: A key stake in execution performance

DataOver the past decade, access to liquidity - and therefore execution performance - for asset managers has become increasingly complex. Data is at the heart of this transformation.

Sponsored feature: Are you being microserved?

As asset managers grapple with new digital technology, FundsTech talks to Calastone’s Adam Belding about the importance of software architecture and the benefits of microservices.

Chinese Bonds: Yields, credit quality are too strong to ignore

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PRIIPs and SFDR: Plan, Prepare and Partner for 1st July 2022

Sarwal_and_GaddThe volume and complexity of regulatory reporting has increased exponentially since the 2008 financial crisis, causing significant challenges for the wider funds industry. Asset managers face headwinds from a number of quarters; now add to that the deluge of regulatory reporting due to come into force in July 2022.

Don’t leave money on the table

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How fixed income can make your portfolio stronger

Kipp_CumminsKipp Cummins, head of EMEA fixed income and vice president at Dimensional Fund Advisors, talks about how fixed income can continue to play an important role in portfolios even with rates at all-time lows.

Demand for fund structuring and ESG expertise see Zeidler Group expand advice team

Fehrenberg_and_Sebastien_MoiesEurope’s sustainable investment rules and demand from international fund managers to enter the EU are two reasons why law firm and Legaltech and Regtech provider Zeidler Group launched a dedicated funds structuring team. Elisa Forletta-Fehrenberg, Head of ESG and Sebastien Moies, Head of Fund Structuring, explain.

Sponsored feature: IBOR finds signals among the noise

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Euroclear and MFEX deal: Creating a new funds market leader

Van_de_Velde_and_PlamerThe post-trade giant’s acquisition of MFEX will expand the client service offering by creating a new funds market utility and a leading global provider of fund services.

Sponsored feature: It’s time to unlock your data

Data_abstractBNP Paribas Securities Services brings together data from a wide variety of sources to serve hundreds of asset manager and asset owner clients. To do this successfully requires innovation and collaboration.

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Most read features in April

‘Manning up’: The challenge for ManCos

Fund management ManCos could become extinct – certainly for small asset managers. But as providers tell Angela Madden, even substantially larger firms may look to outsource.

Roundtable: Achieving personalisation at scale

The lines between asset and wealth management are continually blurring. A Funds Europe panel debated the operational impact of this convergence and what firms can do to enable personalised services at scale.

Cryptocurrencies: Could Switzerland become a global leader in cryptocurrency?

The country has experienced much success in crypto to date, but can Europe’s ‘crypto valley’ maintain a competitive edge on the global stage? By Hannah Godfrey.

Crypto funds face long wait for regulatory approval

While cryptocurrencies forge onwards, access for investors who prefer to invest through regulated vehicles remains muted. A wait-and-see stance by regulators lies at the centre of this, finds Nicholas Pratt.

Sponsored feature: Navigating ESG’s complex regulatory landscape

Amid growing demand from socially conscious investors, asset managers have worked tirelessly over the past decade to create ESG investment vehicles. While the pandemic heightened mainstream interest in ESG, the trend is projected to continue its acceleration as it has become widely recognised as a key value driver.

Fund launches

Grayscale Investments enters European ETF market with HANetf collaboration

Neuberger Berman launches space economy fund

Lombard Odier preparing circular plastic fund

MGIM launches Global Sustainable Equity fund

Amati Global Investors launches innovation fund

ALL FUND LAUNCHES

Executive Interviews

Interview: One of the greatest innovations

ETFs are emerging as a viable means for institutional investors to gain exposure to bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, says Alexis Marinof, WisdomTree’s head of Europe, in an interview with...

Executive interview: Where the ESG flowers should bloom

David Hunt (pictured below), president and chief executive of PGIM, tells Romil Patel about leading a top-ten global asset manager through a remarkable era of change.

ALL INTERVIEWS

Roundtables & Panels

ESG roundtable: The Deliveroo of ESG

ESG events that have captured attention in the past year, and the evolution of attitudes to ESG-based returns, are two topics our expert panellists discuss.

Roundtable: The digital transformation opportunity

The funds industry is looking at adopting new types of technology, from automation to ESG reporting, blockchain and tokenisation. A FundsTech roundtable in March explored how these will revolutionise the sector.

ALL ROUNDTABLES

Latest Survey

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Emerging Managers Survey 2022

We are conducting a quick survey to find out the most important considerations for emerging managers when choosing a jurisdiction and the biggest challenges they face in 2022.
Please let us know your views.

GO TO SURVEY »

Latest Webinar

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Watch our webinar where we look at the challenges that the new EU Taxonomy regulation brings, and gain a better understanding of the merits of technology to inform accurate monitoring and reporting.

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Top read news last week

Opinion: Why the UK is right to diverge from Europe’s “prohibitive” sustainable finance rules

The EU’s sustainable finance action plan will increase operating costs by more than €20 billion, says Dr Andy Sloan, founder of Channel Islands-based think-tank, the ISICI.

Gold’s 50-year relationship with inflation

Chris Mellor, of Invesco, considers the perceived breakdown between the gold price and inflation and tries to answer if this is a permanent feature for the precious metal.

abrdn Research Institute's deputy head joins Redwheel

abrdn Research Institute’s deputy head, Stephanie Kelly, has exited to join investment manager Redwheel in the newly created role of head of thematic sustainability research.

UK investors pull £2.5 billion from equity funds in April

UK investors withdrew £2.5 billion from equity funds in April, following redemptions of £5 billion in the first quarter.

Europe hardest hit as funds post record poor performance in Q1

The war in Ukraine combined with wider economic crises led to a record poor performance of funds worldwide in Q1, particularly in Europe, according to research from BMO Global Asset Management.

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