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June 7, 2023 by Enrico Camerinelli

Sustainable supply chain management is gaining importance globally as companies recognize the significance of reducing their environmental footprint, mitigating social risks, and meeting evolving consumer demands. To achieve long-term business success and meet stakeholder expectations, companies need to adopt a comprehensive approach to managing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors.

Stakeholder engagement is a crucial aspect of sustainable supply chain management; it includes communicating with and involving various groups that have an interest in or influence on the supply chain, such as suppliers, customers, employees, communities, regulators, and investors. This engagement helps companies:

June 6, 2023 by Tari Schreider

Are cybersecurity programs shaped more by perception than reality? Let's apply a little quantum theory to find out. In 1935, Erwin Schrödinger, an Austrian physicist and a founding father of quantum theory, offered a thought experiment about quantum physics to explain how scientific theory works. Schrödinger stated that if you placed a cat and something that could harm the cat in a box and sealed it, you would not know whether the cat was dead or alive until you opened the box. So until the box is opened, the cat is (in a sense) both. Setting all cats safely aside, the premise is that a scientific theory is right or wrong until it is tested and proven.

June 5, 2023 by Wally Okby

Overall, the technology landscape of vendors and clearing/custody firms continues to grow, with well over 50 firms in this very crowded market. In the enterprise space, the market is quite consolidated by established legacy participants. On a combined basis, Aite-Novarica Group estimates that legacy providers Morningstar, Pershing, Orion, Envestnet Tamarac, and SS&C have around 50% market share. On the other hand, the registered investment advisor (RIA) channel is quite fragmented. Established veterans are competing fiercely against newer players that have grown remarkably since their inception a few brief years ago.

June 2, 2023 by Benjamin Nestor

Commercial bankers broadly recognize that their financial institutions (FI) have a problem with the onboarding process for clients when it comes to their treasury products and services. When a business decides to utilize an FI’s cash management products and services, a set of expectations is established through the sales process that transitions that business from a prospect to a new client.

June 2, 2023 by Paul Sinthunont

Last week, Deutsche Börse Group, an international exchange organisation and market infrastructure provider headquartered in Germany, formally offered to acquire all shares in SimCorp A/S. The deal is expected to be completed in Q3 of 2023.

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