ADMINISTRATION

The key trends impacting the fiduciary management market

ESG, fee pressure and increased tendering are the three core trends driving change in the fiduciary management market, says Ciprian Balan, Investment Governance & Oversight Manager, EY

How Aberdeen Standard Investments is tackling ESG data challenges

 Martin Kwiatkowski, Investment Operations Director at Aberdeen Standard Investments, explains the benefits of global data standards and how the...

Why open communication, closer relationships and deep business understanding are critical for successful outsourcing

 Lorraine Dryland, Chief Information Security Officer, First Sentier Investors examines the key risks when it comes to outso...

COO view: getting to grips with tokenization

 Marty Burns, Chief Industry Operations Officer at the Investment Company Institute explains how tokenization opens the door to otherwise inaccessible asset classes

Why fund operators must prepare for increased regulation of liquidity risk management

Culture & People Management

Case study: driving operational change from home by putting people first

Emma Cullen Chief Operations Officer at Fiera Real Estate explains how lockdown accelerated organisational transformation, particularly in the realms of digitisation and ESG initiatives

Four critical steps to achieving cyber security

 Steve Forbes, Head of Product Management (Cyber) at Nominet, the UK registry for domain names, sets out the four steps that f...

How to manage the constantly evolving threat of cybercrime

 Maria Long, Content and Research Director at the SBAI, explains the three main types of cybercrime faced by fund operators an...

Why communication and collaboration are critical for building cultural resilience

 Marcel Prins, Chief Operating Officer at APG Asset Management explores the cultural impacts of the c...

Case study: How Glenmede is dealing with data in 2021

 Mike Beck, Vice President at Glenmede, talks data challenges, the importance of automation and why the firm is building up IT...


EDITOR'S TOP PICK

Strategy

The increased criticality of fund allocations

Kevin Mahn, President and Chief Investment Officer at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management explores the impacts of national inflation and under-allocation of international stocks on investment portfolios

How to integrate ESG considerations into private markets

Matt Simms, Trustee Director and Chair of the Investment Implementation Committee, Hermes Group Pension, shares how he evaluates ESG managers and phil...

Investor view: How asset owners are thinking about ESG monitoring

Catherine Chen, Responsible Investment Manager at Royal London, explores the key challenges when it comes to evaluating and monitoring ESG managers an...

How SECOR used communication and co-ordination to overcome time pressures and launch a new hedged equity fund

Andrew Bang, Client Services, at SECOR examines the challenges the firm faced launching a new product on an abbreviated timeline in...

COO view: How to create a well-defined operating model and achieve economies of scale

How Northern Trust created a new front-office solution for asset owners

Technology & Data

Milestone Group’s Asset Allocation Technology Survey

Milestone Group report reveals institutional asset allocators lack proper systems to manage growing complexity.

Q&A with Rob Wheatley, CTO of reconciliation specialists in Watson Wheatley

Rob Wheatley, CTO of reconciliation specialists in Watson Wheatley answers the most common questions related to building EMIR reconciliations and the opportunities that t...

Investor view: How asset owners are thinking about ESG monitoring

Catherine Chen, Responsible Investment Manager at Royal London, explores the key challenges when it comes to evaluating and monitoring ESG managers and how the insurer is...

A guide to complying with the FCA’s key CASS requirements

Our short paper explores the key CASS requirements as outlined in the FCA’s Handbook and provides an overview of how we can help you comply with the regulations.

The regulatory trends driving outsourcing decisions

How to manage the constantly evolving threat of cybercrime

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