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While only scraps of the ancient Greek poems written by Archilochus have survived, what is left still resonates with us today. One fragment says: “The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” Scholars have argued about the meaning of these brief words. A common view is that the fox, for all his cunning, is defeated by the hedgehog’s one defence. In other words – depth beats breadth every time. If anything, this is truer in the 21st century than it was in the 7th century BC.

Since the publication of the Dear Chair letter on 20 October, we have produced some articles to pave the way for FMCs to review their options. Here we explore a little deeper into two options open to FMCs if consolidation of funds and staffing up are unfeasible, namely- a third-party Management Company (ManCo) or a full platform solution.

Lauren Oakes, Head of International Liquidity Solutions Client Coverage at Goldman Sachs, discusses money market funds and the innovative cash sweeps functionality they've developed in partnership with AMX.

On Friday 13 November 2020, AMX hosted an online briefing for consultants and trustees that looked at the implications of Brexit for the fund management industry. Here are the highlights from the session.

Fund Management Companies have five options for how they respond to the 'Dear Chair' letter from the Central Bank of Ireland. Eoin Motherway reviews the options and their implications.

Commencing in 2014, following three rounds of consultation, the final text of Consultation Paper 86 (CP86) was pronounced in December 2016 with an implementation date of 1st July 2018. On the anniversary of its issuance, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) commenced a review that had three phases to see how well CP86 was implemented. A questionnaire in July 2019, was followed by desk top reviews and finished with thirty on-site visits. The goal was simple, it was “to identify standards of industry compliance in order to inform our supervisory approach and ensure that the required effectiveness and systems of governance are in place to protect investors’ best interests”.

Fund Forum International, like so many other events, took place online this year. However, that didn’t stop the industry putting forward its best people to discuss the hot topics of the day. AMX was pleased to join the panel which looked at how good operational governance can improve efficiencies.

Recently, we saw publication of the Monterey Luxembourg Fund Report 2020. Similar to the Monterey publication in Ireland, which is published in Q1 of each year, the data highlights structure of funds, delegates and service providers appointed along with assets under management. Further it captures whether your investment vehicle uses an internal Management Company (ManCo) or a third party ManCo, and lastly if you are operating as a Self-Managed Investment Company, colloquially referred to as a SMIC.

We recently held a webinar panel discussion on the use of tax transparent funds for UK pension schemes. Here we share key points of interest to institutional investors and their advisers

Larry Morrissey talks about how AMX can help self-managed investment companies