The Future of Finance

The ultimate objective of a fund manager, regardless of product mix, is to maximise alpha. But many are finding upon entering the alternatives space, that the superior yields – and higher fees – on offer are curtailed by operational systems that fall short of best practices. Follow this blog series to discover how asset management firms can implement an alternatives strategy in order to overcome the current challenges and take advantage of the opportunities in the market today.

These days, payment processing is a wide and dynamic topic. A far cry from the industry of 10 years ago, yet how many banks have updated their payments infrastructures to cope with the increasing speed of change that is happening in the world?

The ultimate objective of a fund manager, regardless of product mix, is to maximise alpha. But many are finding upon entering the alternatives space, that the superior yields – and higher fees – on offer are curtailed by operational systems that fall short of best practices. Follow this blog series to discover how asset management firms can implement an alternatives strategy in order to overcome the current challenges and take advantage of the opportunities in the market today.

Recent research from Chartis has shown that many banks are still struggling to find the best way to approach risk management.

The SIBOS conference in Osaka has focused a number of sessions this week on central clearing and the latest regulations in the OTC derivatives market. In a new format “Sibos Colloquium”, a spokesperson for the International Monetary Fund discussed the new swap rules and warned that, with central clearing, the risk could potentially be transferred to another entity rather than reducing the overall risk.