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Scenario Analysis vs. Sensitivity Analysis: Why the difference matters and the risks of getting it wrong
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AI transformation across middle and back office operations
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Next-gen client content: how to prepare for the data-driven content demands of 2030 and beyond
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Data products primer | why leading investment firms are treating data as products
Leading investment firms are rethinking how they manage data — shifting from fragmented datasets to trusted, reusable data products that…
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The successful implementation that quietly failed
Most private markets firms have deployed portfolio monitoring platforms and are not capturing the expected value. The reason is almost…
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Alpha FMC – 2026 Gen AI pulse survey
We set out to cut through the noise of AI use within Investment Research and decided to conduct a pulse…
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From spreadsheets to scale: why REITs can no longer afford to operate on Excel alone
The Industry at an inflection point As 2026 gets underway, the REIT industry finds itself navigating a uniquely complex environment…
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Launching a podcast – a quick guide
The boom in industry podcasts coincided with the pandemic (sorry to bring that up). Asset and wealth managers were keen…
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Salesforce Marketing Cloud is finally live – now what?
We often hear marketers and salespeople talk about how Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) will transform a marketing team’s day-to-day and…
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Insights from the first sustainability entity reports
The first round of disclosures for large investment managers under the UK’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) were published on 2…
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Two in Twenty with Ninety One’s Malcolm Fried
Our host Twink Field interviews Malcolm Fried, CMO of Ninety One, about how a focus on fundamentals and positioning were…
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Blueprint to strategy: why enterprise architecture matters more than ever | Part 1: what is enterprise architecture?
In a five part series, Alpha FMC discusses the foundations of and effective EA practice and how it can benefit…