Contacts assets Get involved We accept article submissions from members all year round. You can check editorial guidelines or suggest articles to the Assets team by emailing assets@theIAM.org The team reserves the right to edit submissions for grammar, clarity, style and length. We will send you the revised article for approval before publication. Deadlines for Octobers edition (theme: ESG): Tell us the topic and word count by: 04/08/23 Send us a first draft of the article by: 25/08/23 Deadlines for Januarys edition (special edition: IAM awards): Tell us the topic and word count by: 06/12/23 Send us a first draft of the article by: 15/12/23 Editorial Editor Josh Ellicock email: josh.ellicock@theIAM.org Production Helen King email: helen.king@theIAM.org Louise Parfitt email: louise.parfitt@theIAM.org Marketing and communications Alex Clarke email: alex.clarke@theIAM.org Advertising email: office@theIAM.org Produced by Views expressed in Assets are the opinions of the contributing authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the Institute of Asset Management. The Institute of Asset Management 2023. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or copied in parts, or as a whole, without prior written permission of the Institute of Asset Management. Picture credits Cover: GettyImages/salihkilic | Page 7: Kevin Nixon | Page 8: Shutterstock.com/Lightspring | Page 11: Shutterstock.com/John Gomez | Page 13: Shutterstock. com/Vlad G/Jerric Ramos/Greg Kushmerek/Nagel Photography | Page 14: Shutterstock.com/mimibubu | Page 16: Shutterstock.com/Yurii Andreichyn green Guidance for contributors In Assets there are various types of features. Generally, these fall into one of three types: Case-study based articles around 1,500 words in length, with pop-out boxes, videos, photos, diagrams, etc Thought-leadership articles again around 1,500 words in length where an industry expert can share their insights with smaller case studies as examples Opinion pieces up to 750 words in length an opportunity to provide your professional and personal opinion about a subject affecting the asset management community. We want Assets to feel more like a magazine than a technical journal, so feel free to use informal language. Articles should demonstrate asset management thinking and development using in-depth, real-life examples and case studies, where appropriate. In case-study features, our readership should be able to see how asset management was implemented, what the challenges were, how they were overcome and what the benefits are both those demonstrated to achieve buy-in and those actually realised. For consultants, remember that the major focus should be on the client activity and result, with a clear but muted note on how your company has helped. Use the following checklist to help make sure the article pushes asset management thinking: 1. I ntroduction to the challenges and facets of the asset-owning company. 2. W hat have been the most important asset management developments at the company? 3. H ow did the implementation of asset management happen what was the process? 4. W hat are the results of using asset management? Please make an effort to describe benefits in as clear and tangible a manner as possible. 5. W hat were the difficulties faced and the lessons that have been learned? Thought-leadership articles and opinion pieces should aim to build upon the existing body of knowledge around asset management thinking and push the boundaries, continually looking to grow the IAMs reach and technical knowledge base. Please be able to supply any images as original TIFFs or JPEGs for reproduction purposes. If your submission is to be published in Assets, we will need a short authors biography (about 40 words) and a portrait photograph. The Assets team will sub-edit your draft in line with the house style of the magazine and send you a new version to review and approve. We will consider articles up to 1,500 words long. If youd like to include any charts, graphs or diagrams, we ask that you limit them to one per 500 words.