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SUB CUSTODY: Tower of strength

Global custodians are scrutinising their sub-custody providers more rigorously to ensure financial stability, reports Fiona Rintoul Global custodians are only as good as the sub-custodians...

CUSTODY: contract killers

Asset managers are forging more rigorous contracts with their custodians. Nick Fitzpatrick says the changes, which could affect prices, are revolutionary for an industry...

LEGAL EASE: buyout versus venture

Converging on similar sectors and forced by economic imperatives to seek out companies at a similar stage of development, buyout and venture capital... Buyout and...

MICRO CAPS: small can be beautiful

Value is coming back to micro caps, including some of the sector’s fallen angels, says Robert Marren of Nicholas Applegate... The market meltdown of 2008...

MULTI MANAGERS: a multi-tentacled grip

Could multi-managers be losing their lustre? Angèle Spiteri Paris speaks to players about the future of multi-management... With outflows of €15.4bn in Europe between June...

INVESTING IN SUNSHINE

The sun is shining brightly this morning here at my personal HQ in Glasgow (I’m lying, of course), but in the European fund industry...

TRANSFER AGENCY: The stuff of dreams

The funds industry agrees that greater automation is needed. Should it aim for the Utopia of a fully automated fund processing chain or settle...

OTC DERIVATIVES: Central clearing takes centre stage

As regulators move to standardise the complex world of derivatives, Nicholas Pratt outlines what the changes mean for fund managers The rehabilitation of the over-the-counter...

ASSET SERVICING: (2) Funds Europe panel 2009

Mark Briol • Biff Bowman • Nadine Chakar • Jaron Van Dam • Susan Ebenston • Andrew Gelb • François Marion • Rob Wright...

BACK OFFICE VIEW: the right tools for the job

"BPM is a major leap forward in the effort to reduce human error within the transactional chain, thereby improving efficiency and increasing cost effectiveness@,...

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