technology

IG Group, an online broker, is challenging broker commissions in the UK by offering commission-free dealing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs)....

Jonathan Kennedy, who helped spearhead Virgin Money’s expansion in digital banking, has joined Standard Life Investments (SLI) in a new...

The era of artificial intelligence means machines could conceivably be better than fund managers at investing clients’ money. It may...

A fund launch can be fragmented and potentially expensive, but processing specialists have sought to bring costs down and take...

The Luxembourg funds industry association, Alfi, holds its spring conference on March 8-9. Funds Europe puts questions to some of...

As firms reduce their list of suppliers – partly in response to regulatory pressure to manage provider risk – systems,...

Outsourcing providers are ramping up their offerings but take-up among large managers is still rare. Nicholas Pratt asks if all...

Asset managers and distributors, like other operators in the service industry, are in the business of creating a shared value...

In January, Japan surprised the world with a rate cut; volatility saw more money seek safe havens; and one firm...

A London-based asset management consultancy, Alpha FMC, has been valued at £80 million (€104 million) after Dunedin, a private equity...