Active Investing Remains the Foundation of Fund Management Rock-bottom fees have propelled the popularity of passive funds over recent years but there are many reasons why active management will always have primacy in the business of fund management. Active fund management rallied in Europe in January, with mutual fund inflows of some USD 50
Banks Slow to Act on Climate-Related and Environmental Disclosures As momentum builds internationally for meaningful climate-related and environmental disclosures, an ECB report finds that European banks have made slow progress. Additionally, where disclosure is made, there is a marked lack of substantiation behind the figures. Europe’s banks have made little progress on climate-related and
Global Compliance Trends: Defining New Standards of Training Award winning compliance training programs look beyond tick the box requirements. The industry is laden with examples of “what not to do”, where learning solutions have fallen short, and business owners have felt the squeeze for mismanaging the needs of their employees. Failing to engage
Regulator Concern at Online Investor Vulnerability Both the European Commission and the SEC have expressed concern over the rise of “gamification” of retail investing and indications are that enhanced investor protection regulation is inevitable. It was just over a year ago that the global stock markets witnessed one of the most unusual phenomena
CBDC: Central Banks Mobilize to Retain Control Over Monetary Sovereignty The Covid crisis was just one of a number of factors that challenged traditional notions and habits around money. New technology has already transformed people’s relationship with legal tender but more profound questions over “ownership” of money and payments systems are emerging. Against
A 5 Step Process to Optimize HCP Engagement When Launching Your Digital Customer Ed Experience HCP (Health Care Practitioner) education has evolved from its traditional in-person, client facing roots to a now predominantly digital delivery infrastructure. With their hands forced by the onset of the pandemic, educators have turned to email, webinars, virtual meetings,
How to Develop an Engaging Customer Education Curriculum: 5 Tips The traditional view of customer education is expanding and changing rapidly. The explosion of hybrid working and digital-first initiatives have, in some places, wiped out traditional material-heavy and in-person training sessions. This has provoked a shift back to the customer and how best
How to Leverage Technology to Engage HCPs The last 24 months has seen pharmaceutical and medical device companies increase their digital HCP engagement activities with their HCPs. While the speed of change was forced, the industry had been tracking in this direction for almost two decades. According to ZS Associates’ AccessMonitorTM analysis of
How to Educate HCPs in the Digital World: 4 Strategic Considerations Through the other side of Covid has emerged a new pharmaceutical playground, unfamiliar to the once traditional frameworks and established channels of success. The context of relationships and business transactions stoked between physicians and pharma companies has transformed dramatically. Sales reps
Why financial education is key to capital markets development One year after the “memestock” phenomenon, efforts in Europe to build a retail investment culture are taking place just as a wave of new digital investment platforms appears. But, as the Securities and Exchange Commission expresses concern at online gamification of investment, is the industry
