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    Bridging the Gap Between AI Investment and Claims Performance

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    Bridging the Gap Between AI Investment and Claims Performance

    Claims AI investment keeps climbing. Claims performance doesn’t move with it. 80% of claims leakage comes down to four decisions:…

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    Huw Barker +2 Others
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    Operational Resilience: UK Investment Platforms State of the Nation 2026

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    Operational Resilience: UK Investment Platforms State of the Nation 2026

    A report produced collaboratively with and for the members of The Platforms Association Operational resilience across the UK investment platform…

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    Ben Shenkin +3 Others
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    Modular, not monologue: rethinking your fund pitch deck

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    Modular, not monologue: rethinking your fund pitch deck

    Most fund pitch decks have around 40 slides. Most adviser meetings last 25 minutes. Do the maths and you’ll see…

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    Nick Pilkington

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    APAC AI Benchmarking Survey 2026

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    APAC AI Benchmarking Survey 2026

    AI ambition across APAC asset and wealth management is high, but the foundations needed to turn that ambition into lasting…

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    Angelo Calleja +1 Others
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    The Intelligence Between the Quarters: Rethinking Private Markets Notices

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    The Intelligence Between the Quarters: Rethinking Private Markets Notices

    Private markets portfolios evolve continuously, but investors typically gain visibility into those changes through quarterly reporting cycles. For Limited Partners,…

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    Dan Senkler
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    The RM Cockpit: From Unified Interface to Intelligent Front Office

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    The RM Cockpit: From Unified Interface to Intelligent Front Office

    Client-facing time for Relationship Managers (RMs) has already declined to around 45% and could fall to approximately 35% over the…

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    Sven Kuonen +2 Others
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    Confidence in the complex: What our own brand refresh taught us about finding the common thread

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    Confidence in the complex: What our own brand refresh taught us about finding the common thread

    Financial services firms are filled to the brim with expertise. What they often lack is a shared way of talking about it. We are routinely coaching clients through…

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    Lizzie Hughes
  • The Day 2 Problem: What Happens After Go-Live and How We Help Firms Avoid It

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    The Day 2 Problem: What Happens After Go-Live and How We Help Firms Avoid It

    Most portfolio monitoring implementations fail not because the technology doesn’t work, but because the discipline that made go-live possible doesn’t…

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    Shivani Agarwal
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    Entity Management in Private Markets

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    Entity Management in Private Markets

    Entities are the structures through which private markets firms raise, deploy and return capital. They carry the governance, filings, approvals…

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    Habib Husain