Disrupt or be disrupted | viewpoints from asset managers

The unprecedented impact of the pandemic has left many investment organisations and individuals facing a new reality. The asset manager business model has been disrupted; asset owners are confronted with an almost infinite demand for governance; and the call for strong leadership shaped from rich values has become louder than ever before. 

We asked Alva Devoy, Managing Director, Fidelity International, Eoin Murray, Head of Investment, Federated Hermes International, and Jaco van der Walt, Global Head of Quantitative Research & Investments at RBC, how they have responded to the crises through the lens of their investment, operating and people models.