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Latin Trade, Investment Prospects and the U.S. ElectionReprinted with the permission of The Rio Times, Inc. In the context of the Presidential election, it remains to be seen what prominence U.S.-Latin America trade relations are afforded, but the opportunities in a region that boasts some of the world's fastest growing economies should not be missed. Author: Michael Kalavritinos
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Evolution in Risk Reporting: What's Next?Reprinted with the permission of CFA Institute The process of measuring, monitoring, and reporting risk has taken on increased importance during the past decade. In particular, the financial crisis of 2008-2009 highlighted the need for portfolio-level and firm-level risk management and hastened the pace of adoption of a formal risk management infrastructure for investment management firms. Author: Frances Barney
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Fixed Income Strategies: Equipping Institutional Investors with Tools to Evaluate in Difficult MarketsVolatility and uncertainty in the economy and financial markets has proven challenging for asset owners and managers who maintain dedicated fixed income allocations. There is an increasing need to diversify interest rate risk without increasing the volatility of a portfolio or the total fund. In addition, investment scrutiny and analysis has become crucial to review fixed income managers and their holdings for risk of issuer default, issuer credit risk and price volatility risk. This report identifies best practices that are used to evaluate fixed income portfolios and illustrates examples of how BNY Mellon's tools help to evaluate the approaches. Authors: Paul Schmidt, Wendy McCall, Sam Oh, Darin Padur, Anil Prasad, Tim Clark, Jim Nevola
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Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010The bill, signed into public law on December 22, 2010, streamlines and updates technical tax rules with the objective of correcting inefficiencies, and addressing unintended tax consequences relating to the previous law governing the taxation of regulated investment companies (RICs). Business: Asset Servicing
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Focus on: Investing in BrazilReprinted with the permission of Pageant Media As fund markets within the Latam region continue to improve their standing as investment destinations, Alberto Elias of BNY Mellon takes a look at the advantages Brazil holds. Author: Alberto Elias
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Doing More with Less: Fund Financial and Tax ReportingReprinted with the permission of SourceMedia, Inc. Doing more with less and reducing operational risk in the financial services industry continues to be more and more commonplace when examining systems to manage the processing and reporting of mutual funds. Investment firms continue to search for systems that can accommodate numerous functions in the most efficient manner, without losing the sophistication necessary to operate in today's complex and global fund landscape. Author: Mark Spanos
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Who is Helping Your Shareholders? Teaming with the Right Business for Your Fund Company's Call Center Services.Reprinted with the permission of SourceMedia, Inc. Since the creation of the customer call center in the 1950's, customer call centers have continually evolved, primarily through the development of new technologies and process impvements alone. In the financial services industry, mutual fund companies have been at the forefront of managing this critical touch point for their shareholders and distributors. Author: Stephen Riley
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Insights in the ETF MarketReprinted with the permission of Institutional Investor, Inc. Get the latest insights on the exchange-traded fund industry from Joe Keenan, Head of Global Exchange-Traded Fund Services, BNY Mellon. Author: Joe Keenan
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Solid Relationships: Investment Managers and Service Providers Using Collaboration to Build Reliable Middle-Office Outsourcing ModelsIn the last several years, middle-office outsourcing has become an important consideration for investment managers as they evaluate their current business models and renew their focus on core competencies. When used effectively, middle-office outsourcing can generate additional efficiencies and savings, provide more predictable cost structures and help increase speed to market for new products. Business: Asset Servicing
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VIDEO: Grasping GIPS - Understanding New Global Investment Performance StandardsGlobal Investment Performance Standards underwent major revisions in 2011. Bruce Feibel, Managing Director, BNY Mellon Asset Servicing talks about the impact of the changes and how these revisions, along with existing GIPS provisions, help investment managers transparently present and communicate performance information to prospective investors. Author: Bruce Feibel
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