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Forks in the road

The road for transfer agents is long and fraught with danger, and ITAS delegates found there’s no knowing the best way out of the woods

Under the microscope

As asset managers strive to become more transparent, service providers might do well to ensure they’re tailored to new social and eco-friendly demands

We’ve been here Basel IV

Basel III is still a work in progress, and Basel IV might be just around the corner

Smooth sailing ahead

A year since joining the multilateral trading facility Turquoise, Robert Barnes explains his team’s strategy and the vision for a single European market

Every silver lining has a cloud

The regulatory storm is showing no sign of abating, and it’s unclear whether the outcome will be worth the effort. BNY Mellon’s Paul North explains

Inputting collateral corrections

Nothing exists in a vacuum, even the untouchable collateral function

Shifts in collateral and regulatory pressures mean there are new options for beneficial owners, as long as they are willing to be flexible, writes CIBC Mellon’s vice president of global securities lending, Jeffrey Alexander

Building blocks

Cross-border infrastructure remains inadequate in Africa, but the foundations are there if the continent’s countries can work together

e-GEM of a system

Electronic GMs are the way forward, says Yakup Ergincan of MKK

Growing up ungracefully

The Chinese market has taken a knock to its confidence, but despite its size, it is still merely an emerging market, and must take these setbacks in its stride