Fata Morgana or Reality? Quality Improvements in Investor Advisory Services

Background: This week the Danish Financial Supervisory Authorities (Finanstilsynet) published its second thematic report on the implementation of the MiFID II directive. The first report published in June 2018 assessed the structure of the Danish UCITS fund market post MiFID II

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Alternative investeringer

Best practice vejledning giver pensionskasserne travlhed

Finanstilsynet er bekymret for, at pensionskassernes stigende placeringer i alternative investeringer ikke håndteres tilfredsstillende ud fra en risikobetragtning. Hidtidige inspektioner og temaundersøgelser har fået Tilsynet til at sende en byge af påbud til pensionskasserne og offentliggøre en vejledning, som præciserer best practice-processen relateret til alternative investeringer. CMP sætter i denne blog fokus på baggrund og hovedelementer i vejledningen.

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Four Lessons Learned on the MiFID II Ban on Inducements

The partial ban on inducements (formidlingsprovision) related to marketing of investment funds is probably the most controversial part of the MiFID II directive. If we take a look back on the implementation of the legislation. What effect has it had so far and what has changed? This post goes through four lessons that we have learned.

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#Fintechgration – We believe in partnerships between financial institutions and FinTech startups

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The capital market is under development. A development driven by innovative technologies and developed by an increasing number of FinTech startups. The spreading of these startups also means that the established financial institutions can look forward to a market, that increasingly will be about partnerships – however, the integration is bringing on new challenges on both sides.

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Farvel til silotænkning på kapitalmarkedet

Der er to områder, som driver forandringerne på kapitalmarkederne lige nu: lovgivning og digitalisering. Bankerne skal fremover gøre livet lettere for kunderne og integrere bankens løsninger med kundens egne.

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CFA: Day #4 – At the End of the Road Happiness Lies

Last day is really only a half day, but with interesting sessions. Finally, there was a solid FinTech presentation about cryptocurrencies and then HE came, the one and only, Daniel Kahneman. That was the perfect end of a good conference

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CFA: Day #3 – The Girl with the Graphs and the Chinese Coconut

Until now, day three has been the best, and for surprising reasons. There was a FinTech session, but it was quite disappointing, even though I have a great interest in FinTech. A presentation on Japan, an unwillingly comic corporate presentation from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing(HKEX) and a really brilliant presentation on ‘Illusion of control’ saved the day

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CFA: Day #2 – Gone Fishing in China

Imagine that you are going for a walk on the shores of a big lake, and you stumble across a man fishing. That proved to have a lot to do with my 2nd day at the conference

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#Fintechgration Is Coming

The Capital Markets are constantly evolving. Especially, disruptive technologies are pushing boundaries within the FinTech space of Capital Markets. Being part of this journey, is one of the main reasons for why I joined Capital Market Partners(CMP). At CMP, I have the opportunity to develop my passion for FinTech and have focus on future trends and technologies from a business perspective. For this reason, my colleague Sebastian Olguin Sørensen and I would like to give our view on FinTech in the Capital Markets, how it will evolve in the coming years, and what to prepare for. We will launch our FinTech initiative, Fintechgration 7×7 Pitch Event on June 21st — The event is open for everyone, but offers limited seating, so join now!

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