Saving Matters

Savers invested £4.4 billion in March bringing the total net retail sales for the first quarter of 2021 to £10 billion. Whilst down on the exceptional £17 billion inflow seen in the final quarter of 2020, the Q1 total still represents healthy net sales and shows that savers remain confident in the fund market.

Mental health is an integral pillar of our wellbeing. Good mental health is, as the World Health Organisation puts it, fundamental to our collective and individual ability as humans to think, emote, interact with each other, earn a living and enjoy life. It is vital therefore that we are all looking after our own mental health, and supporting others to do the same.

It will have been hard to escape the phrase ‘operational resilience’ over the past months, a subject that has been brought to the forefront of firms’ attention with the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, but what are the regulator's expectations for firms going forward?

What is an iNED, and what do they do? We take a look at their important role supporting and challenging fund boards.

Ahead of the IA's latest EmTech Futures event, Gill Painter takes a look at why and how investment management must continue to innovate technologically.

Investment managers are among the increasingly common users of FX algos to conduct their trades. With this in mind, the Investment Association (IA) has today published an FX Algo Due Diligence Questionnaire, created by its members to establish a common framework for the request of information from clients to their FX algo providers.

What is quantum computing and why should investors care? We look under the bonnet of this powerful new technology

How can investment management firms actually ensure their operations are resilient and best equipped for a whole host of foreseeable operating conditions?

Investment20/20 has an industry response to the youth employment crisis.

Karis Stander, Managing Director of Investment20/20 looks back on 2020, as a year of refocusing for investment management.