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The end of grace: more pain on the way

As grace periods come to an end and legacy systems are found wanting under the weight of regulatory scrutiny, the pressure will grow to come up with sound, persistent solutions that greatly diminish the threat of crippling fines and levies. Simon Shepherd of MYRIAD reports

Post-trade fees: time for a change?

Robert Scott of Commerzbank considers how the security services, custodial and asset servicing businesses are pricing their offerings, and whether change is needed for the good of clients

The next frontier

The Romanian market is improving at a gallop, but Andrei Mezdrea of Raiffeisen Bank explains why it still has a way to go if it’s to graduate from the frontier

For the good of the brand

Accuracy, availability and consistency of fund data could have a significant impact on asset managers’ reputations, says Lee Godfrey of KNEIP

Momentum of a pipe dream: the operational challenges of Asian fund passports

Asian passport initiatives create a great opportunity for Asia-based fund mangers, but barriers remain, says Sébastien Chaker of Calastone

In the spotlight

Experts from Pacific Fund Services and RBC Investor & Treasury Services discuss how automation could be the key to a cleaner back office

Make it SWIFT

In these tech-savvy times, speakers at the SWIFT Business Forum in London questioned why we’re still waiting for faster payments systems

Data’s darkest before the dawn

As the data revolution gets underway, asset managers need to be armed to analyse, or risk missing the battle all together

Best in the class

The one-dimensional fund administrator is a thing of the past

e-GEM of a system

MKK’s Yakup Ergincan suggests that the Turkish model is the best way forward for electronic general meeting management systems

Reform agenda

With the introduction of a new payments regulator, the Payments Council will cease to exist in its current form. Ahead of that, here is what the organisation wants to see become of the industry it has overseen since 2007

I, financial advisor

Talk of innovation dominated ITAS 2015, but should asset managers be worrying about the issues of today or the tech troubles of tomorrow?

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