In recent months, asset and wealth managers have shifted focus from immediate crisis response to post-COVID planning. A robust summer rebound in asset prices and valuations provided breathing space for firms wary of initiating aggressive transformations. As of Q3 2020, given an increasing uncertainty in the marketplace, right-sizing and target operating model assessments are making their way back to the top of the agenda.
Investors are striving to understand which social and financial changes are temporary and which will be permanent. Central banks and governments have taken decisive action to support the global economy, but a high degree of uncertainty could still significantly influence financial asset valuations.
A&M’s latest report analyses the factors due to COVID-19 that are likely to impact asset managers, the new opportunities that have arisen and where asset managers should focus in order to add value quickly.
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Migrating from Systems of Record (SoR) to Systems of Intelligence (SoI)
March 24, 2026
Financial institutions do not have a core banking problem. They have a decisioning problem. For decades, banks optimized Systems of Record (SoR) to post transactions with precision and maintain regulatory integrity. That battle has largely been won. What now differentiates institutions is not how accurately they book activity, but how intelligently and quickly they make decisions.
CBUAE Resilience Package: What It Means for Your Institution
March 24, 2026
The CBUAE’s five-pillar Resilience Package (17 March 2026) is a proactive intervention backed by the CBUAE’s AED 1 trillion asset base.
CASE STUDY: BIGBANK AS — INAUGURAL SRT
March 20, 2026
Bigbank, a pan-European bank headquartered in Estonia, sought to execute its inaugural SRT transaction as part of its broader capital management strategy. A&M advised the bank on the transaction, helping it successfully enter the securitisation market and structure a capital relief solution aligned with its growth ambitions.
CBUAE Resilience Package: A Familiar Playbook for an Unfamiliar Situation
March 19, 2026
On 17 March 2026, the CBUAE moved swiftly to approve a five-pillar Financial Institution Resilience Package in response to the Iran conflict, backed by record foreign exchange reserves exceeding AED 1 trillion. The response is well-structured and consistent with the CBUAE’s track record of proactive crisis management, having set clear precedents in 2008 and 2020.
