Performance magazine

This edition includes the following articles:

• In focus
  The GPIF and the future of the Japanese equity market
• The GPIF and its reform
• Hot topic
  The generation game: savings for the new millennial
• Preparing for Solvency II
  Time for asset managers and asset servicers to act
• Investment management, mobility, and managing investor security concerns
• No time for KIDding around
  PRIIPs is on the way
• New tax regulations impacting investment funds
• Loan funds
  Europe’s alternative source of business funding
• Investment opportunities
  Locking the potential of future benefits
• Preparation for UCITS V sanction rules
• Distribution fiction
• Information technology will be the next game changer for investment managers
• Collateral is a core competence for the buy side
• Link’n Learn
  Webinars - Programme 2015

This edition includes the following articles:

• Global tax and investor reporting - The road ahead
• New challenges in interest rate derivatives valuation - Simple is not just simple anymore
• Investment opportunity - A market perspective on the changing securities lending landscape
• New tax regulations impacting investment funds
• Mauritius - An outsourcing jurisdiction in the Indian Ocean
• Target 2 Securities and T+2 Settlement - Challenges and opportunities for the European Fund Distribution
• MiFID II - Changing the distribution landscape
• Third-party Management Companies - A new governance model?
• CSSF Circular 14/587 on UCITS Depositaries - In a nutshell
• The transparency challenge in the distribution chain
• MiFID Il - Should we have to fix what is not broken?
• Seismic shifts in investment management - A look at the UK market
• The people agenda - What is keeping asset managers awake at night?

This edition includes the following articles:

• How can fund managers assess cyber security threats?
• Data and analytics - A new battleground in the investment industry
• Global tax and investor reporting - A changing landscape
• Luxembourg private equity asset servicing market survey
• A new landscape for EU capital markets
• Effective allocation of local capital could be a significant catalyst for Japan
• 2014 Alternative investment outlook championing growth - Finding agility in uneven conditions
• EU fund administration - Embarking on a journey to overcome challenges and target operational excellence
• Navigating the new operational frontier - Top 10 operational risks: a survival guide for investment management firms
• Basel III - Unexpected consequences of a pharaonic project
• French asset management boutiques

This edition includes the following articles:

• The future of asset management in Switzerland
• Regulation is changing the distribution landscape
• Europe’s M&A recovery: a long-awaited chance for investors
• This time it’s different - Reshaping the way we look at risk
• Fund governance round-up
• Retrocessions - A thing of the past?
• Exploring evolving risks and challenge - Perspectives from the investment management industry
• Fair value pricing survey, eleventh edition - Finding the formula that fits
• Competition, consolidation and change: key considerations in European securities clearance
• Who wants to collect millions?
• Digital: a potential source of differentiation and/or an effective addition to distribution channels?
• The case for social media in the decade ahead
• New tax regulations for investment funds

Performance issue 12, September 2013
Now is the time for asset managers to redesign their global operating model. The future of asset management - Davids and Goliaths? Power law investing.

Performance issue 11, May 2013
Optimisation of the trade management cycle in the investment industry. Investment Funds' performance and Financial Transactions Tax. AIFMD Remuneration.

Performance issue 10, January 2013
Refining the target operating model. Real estate senior debt funds. Recent asset management regulatory changes in China.

Performance issue 9, September 2012
Social media - A splendid opportunity for fund promoters and asset managers. Art-secured lending - Unlocking the liquidity of your clients' art collections.

Performance issue 8, May 2012
Post-crisis asset management environment. Challenges and opportunities in financial inclusion. The AIFMD for fund service providers.

Performance issue 7, January 2012
Fund analytics, regulatory requirement or business opportunity? New tax reporting requirements for foreign investment funds distributed in Italy.

Performance issue 6, September 2011
The impacts of regulatory changes on asset management operating models, Added value brought to the asset management industry by cross sub-funds investment techniques, Asset management in a post-crisis environment, etc.

Performance issue 5, May 2011
Challenges and opportunities for alternative and long-only asset servicing platforms. Fund administration survey 2010/2011. Liability Driven Investment: a simple approach to a complex problem.

Performance issue 4, January 2011
Marketing financial products towards increased client protection and harmonisation of practices. The evolving private equity market in China. Why should art be considered as an asset class?

Performance issue 3, September 2010
Challenges and opportunities for traditional active investment managers in a polarising market. M&As in the Spanish asset management industry. UCITS IV - The tax agenda. UCITS IV and the KII, a new chapter in cross-border distribution.

Performance issue 2, April 2010
A short summary of cross border distribution of collective investment schemes in the US. The introduction of an extended Qualified Intermediary program. ETF - A trillion dollar baby. Current securities lending market themes. UCITS: the battle for Asia.

Performance issue 1, December 2009
Hedge funds lite. Islamic finance in a nutshell Life settlement. New fiscal requirements for offshore funds in the UK. UCITS IV management companies. The 10-minute fund sales agreement 28 Non retail offshore funds.