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    Two in Twenty with JP Morgan’s Arlene Ingram

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    Two in Twenty with JP Morgan’s Arlene Ingram

    Twink is joined by Arlene Ingram of JP Morgan Asset Management who discusses the complexities of strategic marketing in a…

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    Twink Field

    Agency

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    Data products primer | why leading investment firms are treating data as products

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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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    Jason Inzer +1 Others
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    The successful implementation that quietly failed

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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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    David Hess

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    Alpha FMC – 2026 Gen AI pulse survey

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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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    Neil Curham

    AWM

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    From spreadsheets to scale: why REITs can no longer afford to operate on Excel alone

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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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    Douglas Eaton

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    Launching a podcast – a quick guide

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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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    Jamie Rabbetts
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    Salesforce Marketing Cloud is finally live – now what?

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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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    Victoria Vivero
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    Insights from the first sustainability entity reports

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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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    Stephanie Taylor +2 Others
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    Two in Twenty with Ninety One’s Malcolm Fried

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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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    Twink Field

    Agency