As part of our Thought Leader’s Voice podcast series, we are thrilled to be in conversation with James Redgrave on ‘The Future of Asset Management: Key Trends and Insights'.

In the Thought Leader’s Voice podcast series, we explore the world of how independent thought leaders bring their ideas to scale within the business world and share powerful, thought-provoking insights with our listeners.

Our objective from this podcast series remains to educate senior-level marketers, business and thought leaders to help them solve some of the most pressing questions today and in the future.

This is an independent and self-sponsored series aimed towards enhancing the profiles and importance of thought leaders.

We are thrilled to be joined by asset management expert, financial journalist, and researcher, James Redgrave, Head of EMEA Insights at State Street.

With over 15 years of journalistic and content creation experience across respected titles and financial services firms, James has seen the growing importance of insight, thought leadership, and quality content in the financial services industry, particularly in the drive for sustainability across the asset management sector.

James has degrees in History & Politics and Journalism. He has extensive experience providing distribution-focused research and market intelligence consultancy services to Europe’s largest institutional asset managers. As a journalist, he has worked with specialist financial publishers, including the Financial Times, covering institutional investment and retail financial services.

James regularly speaks at industry conferences on the evolution of the asset management industry and sustainability in the sector.

Join the conversation for an inside view of the challenges and opportunities in asset management marketing and communications.

Key Takeaways:

• The asset management industry has faced a tumultuous and unprecedented time since the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, challenging the global regulatory environment, and changing demands from investors. Asset managers are required to not only make good portfolio investment decisions but also help navigate their businesses through challenges. How are asset managers adapting to these challenges?

• The asset management industry has seen an increasing role of thought leadership and content, not only to connect internally and externally but also to inform and drive action. How is the role of marketing and content evolving within the asset management sector?

• Most global asset managers seem to continue to accelerate the investment in data scientist teams, data analysts and technology, especially in the last 3 years. Has a comprehensive data strategy become paramount for asset managers? How is this process being managed?

• How are asset managers adapting to help broader financial institutions to provide more personalised, unified customer journeys and in doing so, maintaining a competitive edge?

• A fundamental priority for asset managers and all financial services companies is ESG and they are using several sustainability partners to drive this. How are these unique partnerships evolving in the industry? What other kind of partnerships are asset managers likely to look for in the future?

• What are the challenges faced by asset managers when it comes to ESG reporting standards? Is there a need for support and a top-down push in this space to create a more level playing field?