– Although global lockdown seems to be coming to an end, clearly our working habits will change for the long term. Across the asset management and investment industry, our contacts’ experience to working ‘full-time’ from home has been mostly successful. Hence most companies are now reviewing this.

– All funds performed strongly in April. Despite the grim economic data released, global equities saw strong performance as investors seemed increasingly willing to ignore the short-term negative news flow and focus on the gradual lifting of the lockdowns.

– Our ‘due diligence & fund monitoring’ services are gaining traction with several new request for proposals. Market volatility, travel bans, reduction in costs and Brexit are generating an increase in queries.