A question of trust

Outsourcing is here to stay… of that there can be little doubt. But whether all buy-side institutions sometime in the future choose to outsource at least some aspect of their business or prefer the ‘total control’ option is a moot point. It is, I suppose, a question of size, a question of resources and a question of business ethos.

But there are those in the industry – and their number, it seems, is growing – who believe that for buy-side firms even to contemplate managing any aspect of