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Winter 2008

Unprecedented market and economic challenges shaped 2008, creating new dynamics for asset managers. This issue of Thought, titled “Maximizing Technology and Service Delivery Channels,” focuses on the advantages of a strong technology and service infrastructure.

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	Technology: The Path to Scalable Solutions for UCITS Funds Learn how tech-savvy administrators and service providers are helping funds overcome the challenges of global distribution and servicing.
	Risk: You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure A comprehensive risk management program requires a combination of forward-looking and historical measurement, stress modeling and exposure analysis tools.
	Comprehensive Servicing Operation Has a Major Impact on ETF Providers The London Times interviews J.P. Morgan's Susan Ebenston on the challenges of exchange-traded funds.
	Defining Challenges and Opportunities for Custodians: A Q&A with Kamal Pallan J.P. Morgan's Western Hemisphere product executive discusses how custodians help investors tackle evolving asset classes, risk and global financial markets.
	What Makes a Best-in-Class Technology Platform? JPMorgan ACCESS^SM integrates fully redesigned tools with a customizable homepage to offer clients a centralized online platform.
	Transport Layer Security (TLS) E-Mail Encryption J.P. Morgan takes advantage of new encryption capabilities to help protect confidential client data.
	SEC’s Temporary Ban on Short Sales Falls Flat The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ban on short selling left regulators and the industry searching for more effective long-term answers.
	SWIFT: Providing Security for Securities Communications Reliability, efficiency and an expanding palette of securities messaging capabilities draw a growing number of users to SWIFT.
	Pension Assets: Managing Through Turbulence Compensation and benefits strategist Brian Donohue highlights the many questions on plan sponsors' minds.
	Focus on Socially Responsible Investing J.P. Morgan's Compliance Reporting Services uses more than 275 data elements to help warn clients of potential violations in their securities holdings.
	SEC Proposes Guidance on Soft-Dollar Practices Does the SEC's guidance go too far in limiting the way brokerage commissions are used?

Thought Magazine

Winter 2008