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China’s ESG Iceberg: Sustainability in the Age of Technological Disruption

China could redefine ESG investing, with its growing green credit market, strategic government policies, and tech advances amplifying companies’ impact. Our portfolio managers explain how these shifts will drive opportunities.

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Allfunds creates blockchain for fund distribution

Allfunds, the fund platform, is introducing blockchain technology to increase fund distribution capabilities.

BREXIT: Is the EU trying to lure jobs away from the City?

With just over three months before the UK’s transitional membership of the European Union comes to an end, fears are rising that the country could crash out of the world’s largest trading bloc with no agreement in place on trade and market access.

Former Multifonds CEO strikes tech deals

TrustQuay, a tech firm in the specialist fund administration sector, has signed technology deals with four service providers.

Blockchain utility aims to cut data and analytics costs

A tech project, the Tisa Universal Reporting Network (Turn), has claimed that a blockchain utility it has developed will cut costs by 80-90% a year.

Third of firms not engaging on climate change, report finds

More than a third of asset managers are not engaging with the issue of climate change, a report has claimed.

Private equity: Where are the bargains?

With global dry powder at a record $1.5 trillion, is the Covid crisis simply an opportunity for private equity firms to snap up firms on the cheap, or will the decade-long rise of private equity in Europe finally start to slow? By Mark Latham.

Specialist fund administrators directory 2020: Covid-19, private equity and liquidity

We present a directory of specialist administrators that took part in Funds Europe’s latest survey and ask senior executives about their experiences of the coronavirus pandemic.

Real estate and Covid-19: 'The office is not dead yet'

Covid-19 has turned the world upside-down – but even though more people are working from home, it does not necessarily signal the death of the office. Alex Rolandi reports.

Fund governance: An exhaustive look under the bonnet

SVM Asset Management believes its response to the FCA's new Assessment of Value regime exceeded basic requirements. Bob Currie talks to the firm’s founder, independent directors and certain staff to find out how.

Fund charges: The latest assault on fees

Recently, Esma said funds were overcharging retail investors and urged more consistency on fees across the EU. What will this mean for UK asset managers once the Brexit transition is over? Alex Rolandi reports.