Raymond Frenken

Raymond Frenken

Nuveen - Schroders
Asset Managers
February 12, 2026

Schroders ends 222 years of family control in US takeover

Schroders has agreed to a 9.9 billion pound (11.4 billion euro) takeover by US-based Nuveen, ending…
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Laura Bayley has been named CEO of Eurex Clearing. Photo: Deutsche Boerse.
Transfers
February 12, 2026

Transfers: Eurex, PGIM, Franklin Templeton, Janus Henderson, Fidelity, Metzler

Our weekly update of appointments and promotions in European asset and wealth management and in…
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Vlaggen Europese landen
Laws and Regulations
February 11, 2026

For EU regulation, 2026 is the year of supervisory friction

EU financial regulation in 2026 will mean tougher scrutiny from supervisors and fewer new rules…
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ESG
Asset Allocation
February 9, 2026

Record outflows from ESG funds, but that’s not the full story

Sustainable funds recorded their first full year of net outflows in 2025, after investors withdrew…
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Claude Marx. Photo: CSSF.
Supervision
February 5, 2026

Luxembourg renews Claude Marx’s mandate as CSSF chief

Luxembourg has renewed the mandate of Claude Marx as director general of its financial regulator…
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Photo: Amundi.
Asset Managers
February 4, 2026

Amundi’s ETF machine keeps humming, but active pays the bills

Amundi’s full-year results underscore how Europe’s largest asset manager has become a formidable ETF…
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Investing
February 2, 2026

Fragmented capital markets cost Europe 150 billion euro a year

Europe’s failure to complete its capital markets integration carries a measurable economic cost of…
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Zilver
Asset Allocation
January 26, 2026

Silver breaks with tradition as structural shortages take hold

The silver price appears to be breaking with its traditional pattern. Where the metal has…
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U.S. President Donald Trump addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday.
Asset Allocation
January 21, 2026

Trump forces Europe into strategic rethink

Donald Trump’s return to the Davos stage on Wednesday has sharpened investor focus on Europe’s…
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Paul Jackson (Invesco), Michael Krautzberger (Allianz GI), Guillermo Felices (PGIM) and Salman Ahmed (Fidelity)..
Asset Allocation
January 19, 2026

Trump's return to Davos heralds new age of deglobalization

As global leaders and investors arrive in Davos this week, the central question for markets is no…
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Het CIO panel tijdens Investment Officer's New Year's Perspectives 2026. Foto: Sander Nieuwenhuys.
Asset Allocation
January 15, 2026

CIOs caution investors against headline-driven decisions

Anyone following geopolitical tensions, the noise around China and the ongoing turmoil coming out of…
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From left to right: Lorenzo Codogno, Ignazio Angeloni and Nicolas Véron.
Asset Managers
January 6, 2026

Protectionist reflexes still stand in the way of Europe’s champions

The failed partnership between Italy’s Generali and France’s BPCE is more than a collapsed deal in…
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PDVSA is Venezuela's state oil company. Photo: Wikimedia.
Asset Allocation
January 6, 2026

Venezuela, Greenland and the return of spheres of influence

When United States forces seized President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, the political shock was…
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Sonja Laud. Foto: L&G Asset Management.
Investing
January 5, 2026

Geopolitics and AI are testing the cost of capital

Debt is no longer rising quietly in the background of the global economy. For investors, the…
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