All articles by Iain Morse
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Special Report
Special Report - Securities Services: Strained relations
A wave of regulation is putting pressure on custodians’ resources across the board – including client relations. Iain Morse notes that R&M’s latest annual Global Custody survey found an unprecedented decline in client satisfaction, with the burden of meeting regulatory requirements seen as the main reason
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Country Report
Italy: The search for pension assets
Iain Morse surveys Italy’s custody market, which is undergoing sweeping changes
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Features
Pressure on, pressure off
The 22 July deadline for implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) is looming. As with other EU financial legislation, AIFMD will be enforced via national regulators and with varying approaches, so this will not be consistent across EU member states.
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NewsIPE Views: NAPF Investment Conference diary
IPE gathers a few tidbits of news from last week’s NAPF Investment Conference in Edinburgh
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NewsLiability-driven investment: The elephant in the room
Trustees speak of LDI doubts on sidelines of NAPF Investment Conference
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Country Report
Belgium: A DC future: KBC Pensioenfonds
KBC has introduced a DC pension fund for new members starting from the beginning of 2014 and closed its DB fund. The fund is one of Belgium’s largest pension schemes, founded in 1941 with €1.2bn in assets and 15,500 active members.
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Country Report
Belgium: Belgian funds on course
Belgium has doubled occupational pension fund participation in the last 10 years and returns were a healthy 6.7% in 2013, writes Iain Morse
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Country Report
Ireland: A vision of the future?
Iain Morse finds out what makes the CWPS scheme so confident that its members cannot find an alternative offering the same benefits at a lower cost
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Special Report
Securities Services:Taking ‘solutions’ into custody
With regulators questioning the delegation and concentration of powers under fiduciary management and implemented consulting models, Iain Morse finds custodians sensing a business opportunity
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Special Report
Securities Services: Global custodians go local
New regulation is changing the relationship between custodians and depositories – but will this tilt the market in favour of global or local institutions? Iain Morse investigates
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Special Report
Securities Services: Defining custody’s contribution
As DC builds assets, trust-based structures come into their own and cost-saving aggregation opportunities abound. Iain Morse finds custodians well-positioned to put them into action
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Special Report
Investment Solutions: Not a smooth ride
Ian Morse asks Patrick Groenendijk, CIO of Vervoer about his views on fiduciary management in the light of his fund’s experiences with Goldman Sachs Asset Management
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Country Report
Turkey: Diversification prizes
Private pension asset growth will lead to opportunities for global custodians, according to Iain Morse
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Features
Fallout from Ruslan and Cyprisia
Iain Morse assesses the consequences of the Cyprus bailout for the banking and wider financial services industries
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Features
Innovate to survive
As business becomes thinner and specialisation becomes crucial, Iain Morse reports on the Norwegian custody market
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Features
Relationship issues
The demand from pension funds for greater transparency from their custodians is growing more urgent, finds Iain Morse
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Country Report
Ireland: For better or for worse
Iain Morse outlines how the NPRF has fared over the last year
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Features
German re-engineering
Iain Morse reviews Germany’s custody market as it experiences externally-driven transformation
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Features
A cross-border story
Iain Morse reviews Ireland’s custody market as it wakes up to fund rationalisation and thinner margins
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Country Report
UK: Flawed model
Iain Morse reviews the market for custody services for UK pension funds
