Higher software literacy has seen a growth in ‘shadow IT’ development by employees outside of IT departments. This is recognised as a growing risk, finds Nicholas Pratt.
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Higher software literacy has seen a growth in ‘shadow IT’ development by employees outside of IT departments. This is recognised as a growing risk, finds Nicholas Pratt.
One year on from a global move to home working, FundsTech asked the industry’s leading figures what 2020 meant for them and their hopes for the year ahead.
Our expert panel looks at how the specialist fund admin industry is handling issues such as technology and cyber crime, discusses the threat of global competition and lays out an agenda for the year. Chaired by Alex Rolandi.
A not-for-profit industry ‘utility’ has demonstrated it can slash data management costs related to MiFID II. Alex Rolandi speaks to those involved, asking about the project’s future – and where the cost reductions are made.
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IT managers are becoming increasingly concerned about colleagues developing software outside of the IT function.
Nicholas Pratt talks to First Sentier Investors’ Kerry McCormack about the challenges of migrating a multinational firm on to a new global platform in the middle of a pandemic.
When it comes to companies and talent, an overriding issue for France is to keep hold of its homegrown fintechs and deter them from drifting overseas. Nicholas Pratt looks at how this is done.
DWS’s stake in Arabesque showed how asset management is moving towards AI-powered investing. Alex Rolandi talks to Arabesque and other AI players, such as Aberdeen Standard Investments, about heading for tomorrow’s world.
Nicholas Pratt hears from transfer agents about why they are unfairly held up as an example of the industry’s inefficiency.