Know-How: Ensuring compliance for asset managers The importance of compliance cannot be overstated, and no more so when ensuring compliance for asset managers. With the ever-changing regulatory environment and the increasing complexity of financial transactions, ensuring and maintaining compliance has become a challenging and increasingly complicated task for financial professionals.
Know-How: Navigating ESG challenges in asset management ESG challenges in Asset Management are now commonplace. However, integrating ESG criteria into investment decisions presents asset managers with a complex set of challenges. This article aims to delve into these complexities, explain the nuances of ESG integration, and explore how Intuition –serving
Know-How: Comprehensive learning for wealth management As the financial services industry continues to evolve at a rapid pace, staying competitive in the field of wealth management requires continuous learning and development. Investment in learning not only enhances employee engagement and customer satisfaction, but also drives higher profitability. In this article, we will explore the
Know-How: Elevating investment banking skills Investment banking is a highly competitive field where continuous learning and upskilling is required to stay ahead in a rapidly changing financial landscape. As a result, strong skills are necessary for today’s investment banker. Aspiring investment bankers and experienced professionals alike need to acquire the
Know-How: Effective risk management for asset managers [When hiring which type of skills do you value the most?] Introduction to risk management Risk management is a vital component of asset management, enabling professionals to navigate the uncertainties and challenges inherent in the global market. It is crucial for
Best execution: US looks to eliminate conflicts Toward the end of 2023, two US-based broker-dealers were subjected to multi-million dollar penalties levied by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) on grounds of failure to provide “best execution” to their customers. The timing of these sanctions coincided with the introduction by
Renewables growth strong but still off required pace The world increased its global renewable energy capacity in 2023 by around 500 gigawatts (GW) to over 4,000 GW, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). While this rate of growth in capacity (50% higher than in 2022) – the fastest in
Renewable energy in charts: An evolving landscape Governments in OECD countries and elsewhere have made commitments and targets in relation to a transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy, not only in respect of electricity generation, but across all energy consumption within their economies generally. As we move
Navigating inflation: Soft landing on a moving target Amid strong signs that the aggressive tightening cycle implemented by monetary authorities to combat inflation may have run its course – with interest rates set to head lower later this year – markets are jubilant. However, some central bankers and economists caution that these celebrations
Securities settlement – T+1 comes into focus The imminent launch by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of a T+1 settlement regime for US securities is set to reduce risk but also pose challenges – especially for market participants and regulators in other jurisdictions that, for the time being, retain
