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Howbuy made fund shopping a research problem
A Shanghai fund supermarket learned that more choice was only the beginning. Its real business became helping investors decide what deserved a place in their portfolios.
Ben Yang and the five-year wait to open a fund supermarket
He left the fund industry to give investors more choice. The licence took five years; building a way to help people choose has occupied Howbuy’s founder ever since.
Calastone turned the fund industry’s paperwork into a £766 million business
A fund order should not need a fax machine. Calastone built a network around that simple complaint. Now, under SS&C, it is taking the same connectivity business into tokenised funds.
FE fundinfo and the business of getting the numbers straight
Before a fund reaches an investor, its data has a lot of travelling to do. FE fundinfo has built a business around making sure the same facts survive the trip.
Mark Goodwin Built a Fund Platform for Managers the Market Missed
An accountant turned asset-management operator spent decades learning where good investment teams get stuck. His answer was North Square - a bridge between boutique managers, financial advisers, and the portfolios they are trying to improve.