In Depth – Page 34
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Disruptive Technologies: Rising to the blockchain challenge
Jeff Conway says financial instutitions that ignore the potential benefits of blockchain and other disruptive technologies will be left behind
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Ahead of the Curve: Fintech flies in emerging markets
Fintech is finding a natural home in emerging markets where traditional banks and insurance services are less established. Andrew Ness reports
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Strategically speaking: Barings
“An asset manager brand is very important. But, it is not the brand that defines people in the firm, it is the people who will define the brand.” That is the view of Tom Finke, CEO of Barings
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Commodity prices on the rebound
After hitting a low earlier this year, are commodity prices on the brink of a sustained rise? Daniel Ben-Ami investigates
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Strategically speaking: Affiliated Managers Group
The business philosophy of AMG is a consistent one: grow revenue and cash earnings per share by taking stakes in best-in-class boutique asset management businesses. Repeat the exercise
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Ahead of the Curve: Trend-following - quality not quantity
Stephen Wood explains why a single well-researched trend-following investment model can produce better results than simply relying on diversification using different models
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Securities Lending: More work to be done
Brian Bollen examines the resilience of securities lending as it evolves to meet new challenges and demands in the financial industry
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FeaturesESG: Green bonds get G20 boost
The green bond market has had a strong run in the wake of the December 2015 Paris climate-change agreement
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Ahead of the Curve: Time to embrace robots?
Robotics and automation are no longer sci-fi, they are a fast-growing and profitable sector, say Johan Van Der Biest and Rudi Van den Eynde
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Risk: Plane disaster lesson for investors
Stephan Lods says analysing decisions that led to a 1977 airline disaster could help investors better understand risk
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Strategically speaking: TIAA Global Asset Management
TIAA has been on an expansion path in recent years. The organisation is now busy repositioning itself
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SWFs confound the sceptics
Despite reports that sovereign wealth funds are cashing in their assets to cope with falling oil prices, the sector is still growing
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Strategic Investment Funds: Different animals to deal with
Strategic investment funds offer interesting co-investment opportunities but have their own rules and incentives, according to Georg Inderst
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Italian Banks: Little cause for panic at this stage
While Italy’s banks are languishing because of a legacy of poorly performing loans, there is a belief that the EU will not let the sector fail
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Macro Matters: Globalisation is dead
Bob Swarup traces cycles of globalisation and deglobalisation in recent centuries and concludes that the world is now turning towards Deglobalisation 2.0
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ESG: Trickle-up dynamics
How much ESG regulation starts its life as an EU directive and how much is introduced by individual member states? Jonathan Williams investigates
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ESG: VW scandal presents choices
Investors in the scandal-hit German carmaker must make a choice between collective or individual action, or sitting out for the time being, according to Johan Polet and Jonathan Bakkers
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Strategically speaking: Union Investment
Union Investment has succeeded in transforming itself into a force in European asset management over the past decade
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Ahead of the Curve: The constants amid the flux
Dominic Wallington says investors need not fear new disruptive technology or turbulent times if they seek out companies with the qualities to survive and flourish
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Political Risk: Anxiety to the fore
Investors are facing not just challenging markets but also increased political risk. Daniel Ben-Ami asks how they can tackle such uncertainty
