One pervasive problem for companies in 2025 has been difficulty obtaining reliable information about tariffs, and insights about how to best navigate a constantly shifting set of trade policies. Throughout this period, banks have proven to be a...

Institutional investor search activity for managers has slowed amid ongoing market volatility. However, forward-looking asset managers are continuing to embrace brand-building initiatives.

Originally presented by Kevin McPartland as opening remarks at the 2025 Fixed Income Leaders Summit in Washington, DC on June 10.

The "service gap" between traditional and specialist asset managers is growing. Traditional firms are outpacing specialists in key areas like client service and experience. Specialist managers must adapt to deliver a higher value client experience.

Nearly half (46%) of U.S. companies say they are diversifying suppliers, or drawing up plans to do so, presumably to lower exposure to China (and potentially to other Asian countries like Vietnam.

Almost 80% of large companies participating in a new study by Crisil Coalition Greenwich say repeated changes in tariff policies have affected their business strategies.

For banks, the process of adopting AI has been neither easy nor smooth. Corporate and commercial banks have deployed valuable AI use cases for some specific front-office applications. In many other areas, however, progress has been slow.

With the recent market volatility and uncertainty, managers and consultants have been recommending that investors stay the course. Here we look back at the pandemic to consider some of the key lessons learned during another period of significant...

A continuous economic and geopolitical ‘poly-crisis’ is creating a powerful incentive for companies around the world to invest in trade finance and supply chain management capabilities. This new focus is accelerating digitisation and opening the...

It’s hard to overstate the impact artificial intelligence is having on the banking industry.