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Platinum plans turnaround, FUM dwindles

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... distribution capability through new channels, exploring growth and diversification opportunities, and finalising back-office outsourcing projects. "The reasons I joined Platinum - the brand, the talent of our investment and senior teams, the legacy of ...

Family offices struggling to recruit: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024
... regulatory and compliance issues as the growing complexity of their businesses increases costs. "That is driving more outsourcing to third parties as firms recognise the need to ensure they are compliant," Brown said.

500 jobs to be axed at abrdn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... year. "The programme includes the removal of management layers, increasing spans of control, further efficiency in outsourcing and technology areas, as well as reducing overheads in group functions and support services. The bulk of the savings will be ...

Family offices embrace outsourcing: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
Family offices across the globe are increasingly outsourcing more functions, new research from Ocorian suggests. The global study, which surveyed 301 senior executives including 50 family office investment managers in November 2023, found a staggering ...

BNP Paribas acquires HSBC's hedge fund admin business

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... This strategy gives the bank's clients access to a "full suite of front-to-back liquid alternative and hedge fund outsourcing solutions" from core fund administration, through to depositary, custody, cash, FX, financing, global markets, and prime brokerage ...

VBP adds to leadership team amid Elixir acquisition

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2023
... in our clients' future success," he said. "Dropping the word Virtual allows us to move away from a traditional outsourcing business and recognises the human connections that are very much the core of each and every client relationship."

'Critical shortcomings' demand urgent action from trustees: APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2023
... investment management and fund administration during severe disruptions, and responsibly manage risks linked to third-party outsourcing. However, Cole singled out cyber risk as an area still requiring greater attention. "As the early findings from APRA's ...

Financial services marketing is broken: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... traditionally been under-analysed, resulting in a lack of optimisation and many organisations building quick-fix solutions or outsourcing the process. "With organisations identified as having misled customers receiving publicised penalties, there's nothing ...

Janus Henderson launches new fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... long-only actively managed fund will aim to capture price inefficiencies across the market-cap spectrum, focusing on outsourcing, convergence, and innovation. It further explained the launch coincides with recent trends of deglobalisation, characterised ...

MA Financial strengthens lending business

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... construction at the mezzanine and personal unsecured level," he said. "We do all of the underwriting and we're not outsourcing that to anyone else, so we very much have ownership of the process in managing and originating the loans."