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A collective endorsement

The UCITS brand was the hot topic at the Irish Funds Industry Association—both for its use in loan funds, and wavering presence in Asia

Geoff Hodge of Milestone Group examines the fundamental but often overlooked need for a dynamic operating model to transform business effectiveness and competitiveness in today’s fund servicing sector

Focus on the vote

Work is underway to bring end-to-end transparency to international proxy voting. AST takes a look

Taking what you need

Stephen Koch of Interactive Data discusses how financial institutions can exploit the LEI to its full potential

Filing away the damage

Increased corporate governance scrutiny and some hefty class action lawsuits have made custodians and their outsourced competitors sit up and take note. AST investigates

Secret conversations

Firms mustn’t use IGAs as an excuse to hold off on Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act compliance, says Dion’s Colin Camp

Shouting into the void

Milestone’s John Herlihy and Geoff Hodge discuss the increasing prevalence of transparency and control in fund operations

The dangers of being a human

Volta, housed in Great Sutton Street, is Central London’s first new data centre in a decade. Julian King explains how the service will benefit custodians