Latest Special Reports – Page 54
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Blockchain: Fintech’s double-edged sword
Blockchain may be useful but the transparency it provides may cause problems
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Special ReportInterview: China – the new frontier for Hooley
State Street’s CEO Jay Hooley has found inspiration in China’s digital strategies, but doing business there has proved tough. Interview by Joseph Mariathasan
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Europe's political outlook: Shifting to a new politics
The distinctions that have characterised politics for over two centuries could be coming to an end
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Future of LDI: The clearing dilemma
The exemption for pension funds from central clearing of derivatives under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) has been extended. But LDI continues to face tough questions
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Credit: Opportunities despite challenges?
Opportunities exist despite the challenges of a low-interest-rate environment
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Special ReportTop 400 Asset Managers 2017: A new, improved business?
The cosy old world of asset management seems already seems like a different era. One day, CEOs will probably tell their grandchildren about the bygone days of fat margins, soft dollars and dubious intermediary arrangements
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The UK mould could be broken
The Labour party did much better than expected in the election but over the longer term the system of government that has existed for a century could crumble
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UK's Pension Protection Fund: A smooth transition
Trevor Welsh, the UK’s Pension Protection Fund’s head of liability-driven investment, discusses how it manages interest rate and inflation risk
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Special ReportTop 400: Digitising the renaissance
Data is transforming asset management. Are humans a weak link or an indispensable component?
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Turning point for LDI
The prolonged low-interest-rate environment is prompting debate about the future of LDI
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Special ReportTop 400: Business models - No turning back
Familiar set-ups in asset management are becoming obsolete in the face of Darwinian forces
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Italy: The EU’s next existential threat?
Italy’s political system has shifted since the early 1990s from one based on traditional parties to an emphasis on personality-based politics
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Spain: The end of two-party dominance
Spain’s political plight is in some respects similar to other Western European countries but in other ways fundamentally different
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Securitisation: European recovery lags the US
US securitisation is finally recovering from the global financial crisis while in the euro-zone the central bank is soaking up most issuance
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Top 400: Active and passive - An ongoing debate
Can markets offer investors better price discovery for a lower spread?
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Alternative credit: Handle with care
Pension funds are becoming increasingly active in the broad alternative credit sector, especially in private debt
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Interview: Gabriella Kindert, NN Investment Partners
“The further away you go from your core zone, the more difficult it gets”
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Top 400: Diversity - The Buy-Side Club
Is recruitment the answer to diversity in asset management?
