BlackRock’s 2018 investment themes have been refreshed against a backdrop of steady global growth and strong corporate earnings, but rising macroeconomic uncertainty.
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As technology evolves, so do accounting and finance leaders
A new study from Robert Half and the Financial Executives Research Foundation reveals how evolving technology is rapidly enhancing the accounting and finance functions.
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Institutional Bond ETF Guide: Markets on Demand
Many investors are discovering they can no longer rely exclusively on the old bond trading model to meet all their liquidity needs. Seismic regulatory shifts have reduced large banks’ balance sheets, constraining their ability to hold inventory and support market liquidity. As a result, it has become harder and more costly for investors to source bonds and to quickly adjust their portfolios.
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Index Your Bonds: A guide to dispelling the myths
Image: Most investors are familiar with equity index investing, but less so with indexing in fixed income. As a result of this lack of understanding, a growing number of publications are questioning the validity of bond indexing.
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Beyond Liquidity: Optimizing Product Selection (Greenwich Associates Research)
Image: The number of financial products currently available to portfolio managers is impressive, with some of today’s instruments offering enhanced liquidity and eased access to the underlying markets.
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New Greenwich Associates Study: Rising institutional ETF usage
Image: The institutions participating in the Greenwich Associates 2017 U.S. ETF Study are preparing their investment portfolios for the return of volatility and the shift to a rising interest rate environment. As part of those efforts, they’re increasing their use of ETFs and integrating the funds into more sophisticated portfolio applications.
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BlackRock’s updated outlook for the rest of 2018
Image: In the Q2 2018 Global Investment Outlook, BlackRock details the asset class preferences and highlights two key risks to the global expansion and risk assets: the potential for trade wars in the face of rising U.S. protectionism and a spike in real yields.
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How to Identify Beneficial Ownership in a Not-so-transparent World
Beneficial ownership transparency is in the spotlight, and many compliance experts believe 2017 was a turning point in achieving greater transparency at a global scale, especially in preventing tax evasion and corruption.
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Kathryn Murtagh: The endowment overseer
For Kathryn Murtagh, managing director and chief compliance officer at Harvard Management Company, handling myriad compliance concerns of Harvard’s financial management arm takes a special kind of vision and commitment.
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Financial Services: Managing Digital Risk and Compliance
Cyber criminals go anywhere there’s a potential financial gain, and FIs a top target. To fight back against these potential threats, you need a digital risk and compliance solution built for all your digital channels.
