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NEWSLETTER | 23 Jun 2020

Data skills slow to develop inside asset management firms as budgets tighten

Asset managers are lagging behind in developing their data capabilities, which they say are crucial to improving investment returns and cutting costs, finds asset management consultancy Alpha FMC.

Tue | 23 Jun 2020, 11:48

Pension funds are earmarking more money to be invested in climate-linked passive assets, as a survey of pension plans finds that over half still have no allocation at all toward the asset class.

Tue | 23 Jun 2020, 11:48

Three quarters of institutional investors in Europe claim they are confident in the ability of their asset manager to navigate the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research from State Street Corporation.

Tue | 23 Jun 2020, 11:48

Standard Chartered and Hong Kong Trade Development Council has launched the Standard Chartered GBA Business Confidence Index, the first forward-looking quarterly survey in the market that looks at the business sentiment and synergistic effects across cities and industries in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Tue | 23 Jun 2020, 11:48

Fidelity International has introduced equal paid parental leave, meaning that fathers and secondary carers will now be able to take the same amount of paid leave as mothers and primary carers, across all 27 of their operating locations.

Tue | 23 Jun 2020, 11:48

Singletrack, a capital markets engagement and research distribution company, and EFA, a fintech provider, have reported a successful go live at Arctic Securities, an independent Norwegian investment bank.

Tue | 23 Jun 2020, 11:48

Norwegian pension fund Fellesordningen for AFP has selected eVestment, a global institutional investment data and analytics provider, to help the organisation better select and monitor asset managers and to more efficiently manage the pension’s data collection and review processes.

Tue | 23 Jun 2020, 11:48

Trustology partners with OTC broker GCEXTrustology, a provider of crypto custody solution has partnered with OTC broker GCEX to build a secure liquidity network for institutional digital asset trading.

Tue | 23 Jun 2020, 11:48

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), has opened an office in North America to extend its global reach. Established by the Financial Stability Board in 2014 and headquartered in Switzerland, GLEIF supports the implementation and use of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) to drive transparency within global financial markets.