Talking at home with…. SVM's Colin McLean

Square Mile's series of informal interviews

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SVM Asset Management managing director Colin McLean speaks to Square Mile's Richard Romer-Lee over Zoom, discussing working from home, how the pandemic has changed the fund management industry and more...

How are you adapting your business to the current climate? We are fortunate to be in an industry that can work remotely. Over the past couple of years we have pushed more of our work and services onto the cloud and away from spreadsheets and paper. This mainly came from a 2019 project to focus on our edge - understanding mid-cap businesses and ESG - and outsourcing what matters less for clients. Before the lockdown we had already moved most of our staff to work remotely as a precaution. Since then we have had greater corporate access, with portfolio companies offering more updates tha...

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