Jenna Lomax outlines the challenges US fund administrators and US technology vendors face as the SEC proposes new amendments to protect private fund investors, amidst the backdrop of Biden’s first term and the Great Resignation
Brian Bollen looks at why some elements of the proxy voting process belong in the last century and why COVID-19 and ESG have both had a significant part to play in its modernisation
Roy Saadon, AccessFintech’s CEO and co-founder, discusses why 2021 was a breakthrough year for data infrastructure activity in the cloud and how the company has been able to carry itself on the right wave of industry changes
Henry Toy, managing director of SS&C Canada, talks to Jenna Lomax about what the technology giant has in store for 2022 and why increasing numbers of Canadian and international fund administrators are looking to SS&C Canada to manage their outsourcing needs
Brian Bollen looks over the changes in the corporate actions space due to the COVID-19 pandemic, discussing the fallout for the travel industry as well as retail access to IPOs
Pictet’s head of business development UK, Rob Lowe talks to Asset Servicing Times about new emerging asset classes, the legacy of Brexit, and what Pictet will be working on this year
World leaders and climate activists gathered at this year’s 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. But as the dust settles, what will be COP26’s lasting legacy from a back-office perspective?
Industry experts discuss how COVID-19 has changed the role of the custodian over the last year, and why this coming winter could prove to be their most trying season yet
Ana Sancho, global head of sales at MYRIAD Group Technologies, talks to Jenna Lomax about how mature network management software is adapting and innovating to meet future challenges
Fund administration has evolved rapidly in the last decade, from an industry using manual and often disjointed processes based on spreadsheets, to one where sophisticated systems and technology are essential
Despite stringent and centralised regulation, settlement failures are still a common occurrence within the asset servicing industry, many of them due to middle-office inadequacies. Industry experts discuss why merely plastering over the wounds is no longer what the doctor ordered, and why now is as good a time as any to find a definitive cure for settlement headaches
