General

The world of sell side trading has undergone considerable change over the last ten years. Driven by increased regulation and margin compression the sell side has significantly reduced market making inventory and capital-intensive trading activity

ISC are pleased to announce that Michael Smeal has joined ISC. Mike brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to ISC having worked at a number of asset managers in the UK and Europe

Of all the changes introduced under MIFID II on 3rd January 2018, it is perhaps the topic of costs and charges that has generated the most debate amongst asset managers. Specifically, implicit costs and charges

ISC bid farewell to Geoff Edwards, Director of ISC who is retiring from the City. Geoff’s long and illustrious career in the City started at Ernst & Young as a trainee accountant. Over the years his career has touched almost every aspect of the investment management industry. In retirement

Since the rigging scandal in 2008 the London Inter-bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) has been the target of criticism from the press, regulators and financial sector alike. The criticism centres around the apparent ease in corrupting the benchmark and the lack of underlying transactions supporting the published rates

As China continues to ease access to capital controls on foreign investors, investment managers are showing increased appetite for Chinese exposure. Chinese A shares already have already joined some key equity indices with established plans to ramp up the weighting over time

Data governance has been around since the last millennia. Yet change management specialists and industry experts find limited evidence of wholesale success in data governance adoption within investment management and financial services organisation

ISC provide expert consultants to help clients achieve GIPS® Compliance. ISC will frame the project, assist in the selection of a GIPS® Verifier and ensure compliance by review of all required functions including pricing & valuation matrices, control procedures, client existence, policies and procedures, calculations

ISC are pleased to announce that Neer Gandecha has joined ISC. Neer brings a wide range of experience in asset management in addition to his project management and analysis skills

ISC is proud to announce its sponsorship of Steve Kendall, Team GB Duathlete. Cheering him…