(mis)Conduct, Money & Reputation

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(mis)Conduct, Money & Reputation

A series by reputation specialist Lansons Team Farner and law firm Katten. Join asset management experts David Masters (Lansons), Neil Robson (Katten) and guests as they dissect the top stories and misconduct cases across the industry, impacting reputation, brand trust and integrity. 

Episodes

  1. 8 OCT

    Kardashian, Finfluencers & Crypto

    Send us a textAs social media and generational shifts reshape the world of investment and financial advice, asset managers are facing a new and growing challenge: finfluencers. These social media personalities represent both opportunity and risk. Active on platforms like Instagram and TikTok, they can make finance more accessible, but also present reputational challenges when they promote financial products without following regulations. In this episode, David Masters and Neil Robson together...

    29 min

  2. 1 AUG

    Equifax, CrowdStrike & Cybersecurity

    Send us a textCybersecurity is an issue which continues to dominate headlines, concern investors and have substantial and very real implications for asset and wealth managers. In the data rich world of investment management, understanding the implications of cyber breaches has never been more critical.In this episode, David and Neil examine high-profile breaches such as the Equifax data scandal and NHS ransomware attack. They explore why these failures should be seen more widely as misconduct...

    35 min

  3. 11 MAR

    Sarah Bates, The Eighth Day & Investment Nimbyism

    Send us a textFrom trawling The Eighth Day shop on Manchester’s Oxford Road in a long black cloak and dress to chairing the UK’s largest in-house pension asset manager at USS via one of the first graduate trainee schemes for stockbrokers, Sarah Bates has a long, storied and hugely successful career in the City and beyond. She has been a fund manager, a CEO, and has chaired some of the UK’s biggest pension funds.Sarah was also one of the founders of The Diversity Project in 2015 which continue...

    33 min

  4. 12 FEB

    Diversity, Financial Crises & Conformity

    Send us a textBuilding a business with a diversified employee base is no longer a nice to have, its necessary, both in terms of talent retention but client retention as well. The regulator is also insisting that financial services firms put in place evidence-based diversity and inclusion strategies that take into account the individual firm's progress on these efforts. The reputational hazards are many. Reputation is mostly driven by behaviour and if you claim to building a diverse team ...

    35 min

  5. 07/12/2023

    ESG, China & Investability

    Send us a textAn increasingly diverse regulatory landscape presents substantial reputational challenges for investment managers.Amid the shifting ESG terrain at the heart of financial services, investment firms are recalibrating their approach to sustainability, grappling with the balance between upholding ESG principles and avoiding regulatory pitfalls. If you're managing ESG related funds, you could now be fired by some of the very largest pension funds in the U.S. Asset managers need ...

    28 min

  6. 13/11/2023

    DWS, Sustainability & Disclosure

    Send us a textESG, and specifically sustainability, is an increasingly controversial topic for investment managers, with diverging regulation in Europe, the US and UK, and rising numbers of reputational hazards to navigate. Many fund companies are removing phrases like “ESG” and “sustainable” from product names, whilst downgrading the obligations that these funds have to the principles of ESG. At the same time, it seems that many investment businesses have been overstating their s...

    25 min

  7. 04/09/2023

    Odey, FCA, Non-financial misconduct

    Send us a textBack in early June, it looked like we were set for a balmy summer, but then the storm broke. A Financial Times and Tortoise Media investigative feature in the FT Weekend magazine detailing a series of allegations of sexual misconduct by the eponymous hedge fund founder at Odey Asset Management set off a chain of events that will have far-reaching consequences for financial services businesses.This is a story which is defining the sector’s image in the public eye. But what are th...

    29 min
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A series by reputation specialist Lansons Team Farner and law firm Katten. Join asset management experts David Masters (Lansons), Neil Robson (Katten) and guests as they dissect the top stories and misconduct cases across the industry, impacting reputation, brand trust and integrity. 

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