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The Alpha Asset & Wealth Management Outlook 2023

This year, Alpha’s AWM Outlook will focus on a selection of personas that we work with day-to-day, highlighting some of the key priorities and challenges we expect them to face in 2023.

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Consumer Duty – The Race is On

A mountain of change is required in 2023 for asset managers to be ready for Consumer Duty implementation deadlines. Claire Wallace, Chris Martin and Will Ayrton explore the key impact areas consistently seen as requiring the most significant effort, with Value Assessment Methodology at the top of the list.

The Alpha Pensions & Retail Investments Outlook 2023

We are delighted to share our outlook for the market in 2023 and hope this document helps firms and the wider industry reflect and prepare for the year ahead.

What Must UK Asset Management Firms Do to Get TCFD Ready in 2023?

For larger Asset Managers and Asset Owners in the UK, the clock is ticking to meet upcoming TCFD reporting deadlines for their in-scope entities and products. Alpha's Troy Mortimer, Pallavi Konwar and Chloe Frampton examine a number of the expected challenges facing firms as they look to roll out their internal TCFD readiness programmes, and what key questions need to be addressed today.

Operational Resilience: Critical Third Parties to the UK Financial Sector

The draft Financial Services and Markets Bill (“FSM Bill”) put to Parliament in July proposes a framework to manage the risk to markets and firms arising from Critical Third Parties or CTPs. In Life & Pensions, such CTPs are generally suppliers of IT or BPO services where either an individual firm, or multiple firms, rely on the services delivered to such an extent that a material concentration of risk has been created. In this paper, Richard Holland, Ben Chapman and Keith Aylwin explore the rise in concentration risk in outsourcing, and the potential considerations and impacts for such outsourcers.

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About Alpha

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is a leading global provider of specialist consulting services to the asset management, wealth management and insurance industries.

Practices

We deliver specialist skills across 13 practice areas, supported by a unique blend of insight and expertise.

Clients

As well as the businesses themselves, we work with the intermediaries, platforms and service providers who form a crucial part of these dynamic industries.

Careers

We’re always looking for talented people to join us. If you think you’d be a great fit at Alpha, we’d love to hear from you.

Asset & Wealth Management Consulting

We help asset and wealth managers think smarter and shape their businesses for the future.

Insurance Consulting

We bring a deep knowledge of the market to support insurers, pension and retail clients through their most complex business challenges.