As APAC Financial Institutions continue to evolve at an accelerated speed, they will need to adapt to be more efficient and scalable in order to future-proof. The most resilient Financial Institutions will likely be those who can efficiently, effectively and securely enhance their client experiences as well as improve internal operational efficiencies with a combination of digitization and automation.
Allocation to private markets in Australia, and Asia Pacific generally, is ramping up. With asset owners increasingly eyeing private assets as a means to augment their income returns, new funds are stepping in to meet investor demand and the middle market funding gap left by banks. How do managers distinguish themselves in order to win mandates from investors?
Understanding the impact of corporate actions is necessary when contemplating the right investment strategy. This impact is driven by timely awareness, accuracy, and attention to detail. In this blog, S&P Global's Managed Corporate Actions™ will discuss some of the most dominant corporate actions announced each month and the roles they take in the marketplace.
Agent and party submission for Loan Reconciliation have risen rapidly over the past 12 months and I am pleased to report that in April 2021 we hit a new record, almost doubling the submissions we saw in April 2020. The huge increase is a result of the mass adoption we have witnessed as lenders have looked to cut out the white noise associated with reconciling their positions to agents.
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