“When we decided to outsource our middle-office functions to State Street 11 years ago… the vision of the company at that time was that we wanted to become a global company,” says Joseph Pinto, chief operating officer at AXA Investment Managers. For any large asset manager that operates and services clients in mu

As asset and fund managers look to deal with a tsunami of regulations, and the mountain of paper work that comes with it, they are searching for new ways to achieve ‘operational alpha’. As a result of clearing and reporting requirements across the U.S. and EU, the costs of carrying out these functions in-house, as

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Mats Andersson is an outspoken proponent of good governance and transparency. In the boardroom of AP4, he explains how these are integral to achieving good returns over the longer term.