The big three concerns for investment managers… and how technology can provide a solution

Brexit fears at home and away

This year has undoubtedly been a much more challenging one for the global asset management industry after a strong 2017 and market headwinds look set to continue to cause problems into next year and beyond.

Periods of volatility have returned to markets in 2018 for a variety of reasons including Brexit, trade war fears, jitters over the impact of quantitative tightening from central banks and crises within emerging markets, hitting investor sentiment and fund flows.   But these concerns are not set to fade away any time soon, according to research conducted by Fitch Solutions and WBR Insights surveying 300 asset managers across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific in their report Navigating The Cycles. It found 45% of respondents highlighted inflation as their key concern over the next...