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    Operational resilience – What’s on your plan?

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    Operational resilience – What’s on your plan?

    As the first year of the 3-year transition period comes to a close, the FCA is actively knocking on doors…

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    Tom Williams

    AWM UK

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    The investment marketing scoop: Translation trouble

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    The investment marketing scoop: Translation trouble

    The time-consuming, costly and demotivating challenge facing marketers First, let’s consider why translating marketing materials is so important. Marketing translation…

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    Lauren Glossop
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    Delivering change effectively in asset and wealth managers

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    Delivering change effectively in asset and wealth managers

    In 2023, Asset Managers are facing the difficult task of balancing transformational agendas against an uncertain market climate and constrained…

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    Kevin O'Shaughnessy
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    Asset owners, weathering the changing tides of investment trends

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    Asset owners, weathering the changing tides of investment trends

    With no single investment approach being universally favored by Asset Owners, and needs changing over time, Alpha Director Tom Whitson…

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    Tom Whitson

    AWM MENA

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    The investment marketing scoop: the under-the-radar tool to build relevant brand strategy

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    The investment marketing scoop: the under-the-radar tool to build relevant brand strategy

    Mergers and acquisitions have been a prominent feature of the asset management landscape the past few years, with more likely…

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    Rebecca Vogel
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    Do you really know your distributor?

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    Do you really know your distributor?

    It is a straightforward question: who is distributing your products and to what extent? It sounds straightforward, but time and…

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    Claire Hepworth
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    Consumer Duty – the race is on

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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…

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    Claire Wallace

    AWM UK

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    Six predictions for private equity in 2023

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    Six predictions for private equity in 2023

    Lionpoint’s Private Markets Advisory Team shares six predictions for the private equity space for 2023 and how to best assist…

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    Alpha FMC
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    What must UK asset management firms do to get TCFD ready in 2023?

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    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…

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    Troy Mortimer