Cees van Lotringen

Fadi Abuali, CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management International,
Asset Managers
April 11, 2022

Goldman seeks deeper, wider growth by acquiring NN IP

With its 1.7 billion euro acquisition of Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners completed as of…
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Asset Managers
February 2, 2022

Cybercrime: funds, pensions seen as prime target 

The NATO-Russia dispute over Ukraine is fought on many boards at once. In addition to the threat of…
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Emmanuel Macron and Mario Draghi (2019 archive photo)
Asset Managers
January 10, 2022

Opinion: French-Italian cocktail of cunning for EU

“Never waste a good crisis” is an English expression that you can safely leave to the French and…
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Asset Managers
November 16, 2021

Columbia Threadneedle acquires BMO asset business to strengthen EU position

The US-British asset manager Columbia Threadneedle thinks it can significantly strengthen its…
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Diane Griffioen, ABP 
October 18, 2021

ABP's risk/return ratio: a false dilemma

As an example of the pressure put on the financial sector to respond to the urgency of climate…
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Monique Donders, BlackRock
Asset Allocation
September 15, 2021

BlackRock: we embraced sustainability late

“It is no secret that we at BlackRock have embraced sustainability rather late. The turnaround came…
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David Knibbe, NN Group
Asset Managers
August 26, 2021

NN IP purchase: Goldman Sachs strikes huge blow in Europe

Goldman Sachs has struck a tremendous blow with its takeover of NN Investment Partners, the asset…
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Yvo van der Pol, PGIM Investment
Asset Managers
August 4, 2021

PGIM doubles AuM in Europe in 18 months

PGIM Investments has seen the assets under management in its UCITS fund range in Europe double from…
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UCITS delivered
Asset Allocation
July 23, 2021

Multi-asset funds yielded 61% over 10 years, bank deposits -1%

Equity, bond, and mixed collective investment schemes (UCITS) have achieved annual net returns of 7…
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Kees Verbaas
July 21, 2021

The challenge of ETF-ESG convergence

“All mutual funds become ETFs”, Detlef Glow, head of research at Lipper, wrote recently. Only…
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NN Group office
Asset Managers
July 12, 2021

Analysis: Insurance firms divesting asset managers - a trend?

In the coming weeks, the question will be answered as to what fate befalls two important Dutch asset…
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Peter Dom, co-founder and partner of AF Advisors
Asset Managers
July 8, 2021

'Mandate solutions' could start to replace investment funds

Investment services in the Netherlands are the cradle of a true, possibly EU-wide revolution in…
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Asset Managers
February 26, 2021

Bond return prospects bleaker than ever

Bonds are among the best performing asset classes of the past 40 years. But it’s not unlikely the…
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Valeria Merkel, KPMG
December 28, 2020

Luxembourg the new hub for private debt funds

Assets under management of Luxembourg-domiciled private debt funds have risen by 36% to €108 billion…
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