Government bond yields worldwide risk turning from a warning sign of weak public finances into one of their causes, as refinancing at higher rates raises the costs of borrowing and forces governments to issue more debt. Amundi’s group chief investment …

At the end of this week, it will be exactly 25 years since two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center. It was the end of one era and, at the same time, the beginning of another. It brought to a close the brief, hopeful period between the …

Technology and artificial intelligence are changing the way asset managers operate. Martijn Kuipers, CEO of Amundi Netherlands says investing in technology is increasingly becoming a prerequisite for remaining competitive. As a result, scale is becoming …

Ask an investor where the stock market will be a year from now, and the first thing he does is look out the window. Not at the sky, but at the corporate headquarters across the street. That, in a nutshell, is the conclusion economists Tobin Hanspal and …

When primary budget deficits, the budget deficit excluding interest expenses, are presented, many investors, journalists and even economists look at those figures and think: that doesn’t seem too bad. But those seemingly small numbers are extremely …

Convertible bonds are hybrid securities that combine the fixed-income characteristics of a corporate bond with an embedded option to convert that bond into the issuer's shares. Investors are often drawn to their asymmetric return profile: equity-like …

Mini-options introduced for retail investors last year have generated more than 500,000 additional contracts traded on Euronext in just twelve months. The exchange operator hopes this “liquidity engine” will draw more institutional investors into Europe’s …

By financing the hyperscalers’ artificial-intelligence buildout, bond investors are taking on more exposure to the same investment cycle that dominates the US stock market. That seems awkward for an asset class many investors own precisely to diversify …

Felix Germann has been appointed country head for Germany, Austria and Central and Eastern Europe at JP Morgan Asset Management. Based in Frankfurt, he reports to Christoph Bergweiler, head of the firm’s fund business in continental Europe. The …

Euroclear has taken control of Spanish fund platform Inversis, giving the Brussels-based market infrastructure group also a larger foothold in Luxembourg as it expands deeper into European fund distribution and asset servicing. Euroclear increased its …

When high yields become the problem

Farewell to the new normal

Technology is raising the bar for asset managers, says Amundi Netherlands CEO

Why your view of the stock market is shaped by your neighbours

Chart of the week: primary budgets are the main reason to adjust your portfolio

Morningstar: Calamos versus Schroders in Convertible Bonds

Euronext sees retail investors as ‘liquidity engine’ for derivatives market

AI debt boom erodes bonds’ role as a diversifier

Transfers: JP Morgan AM, Pictet, ING, PGIM, Deloitte, GIC

Euroclear expands Luxembourg funds footprint with Inversis