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TSAM takeaways: The real cost of AI

April 20, 2026 3:05 PM GMT

Virginie O’Shea, founder of Firebrand Research highlights the mounting costs of AI in asset management - from escalating compute requirements to workforce pressures - arguing that while “everyone can be a footballer, not everyone can be in the Premier League”.

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Why US managers benefit from a single partner operating model to navigate Europe’s regulatory landscape

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Resilience and risk in 2026

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Relevance in a world of tokenised and digital assets

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Innovation exemption: Risky loophole or innovation shortfall? Neither, says the SEC

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Clearing out the notebook: Geeking out on emerging markets survey data

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ECB’s twenty-first-century tokenisation push exposes “twentieth-century” systems’ limitations

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The corporate actions problem at the heart of 23/5 trading

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What did we get right and wrong about 2025? 

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The real digital assets revolution in 2026 will be in the back-office

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Preparing FX for T+1: Lessons from the US, priorities for Europe

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The common ground between the regulators and the regulated

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Optimising operational models with data and innovation

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The Middle East takes centre stage in global capital flows

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What Dodgeball can tell us about successful (buy-side) transformation

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Custodians as ecosystem orchestrators: Building tomorrow’s banking