European investors are taking less advantage of higher bond yields than their US counterparts. But Ursula Marchioni, who took responsibility for multi-asset investing and adviser solutions at Vanguard in Europe earlier this year, is keen to see that …

It sounds like satire, but it is serious. According to sources in three countries, the Trump administration has encouraged Viktor Orbán to run for secretary-general of the United Nations. Russia and China support the plan. Orbán would thus become the …

It takes some getting used to. After another prolonged period in which investors placed almost blind faith in anything related to artificial intelligence, AI stocks have come under pressure in recent weeks. Semiconductor manufacturers, hyperscalers and …

As barricades burn in French cities, unease is also spreading across financial markets. The cost of insuring French government debt against default has nearly tripled since August, reviving a familiar gauge of sovereign risk from the eurozone debt crisis: …

Passive exposure to emerging-markets local-currency government bonds offers broad diversification at relatively low cost, but currency and country risks remain central to outcomes. Emerging-markets local-currency government bonds have had a strong 2026 …

Wealthy families’ appetite for venture capital often stems from their close ties to business and a desire to help other entrepreneurs succeed. This emerged from a panel discussion at the Luxembourg Private Equity & Venture Capital Association’s annual …

Isabelle Mermillod has been appointed head of the newly created offers and marketing department at Indosuez Wealth Management in France, effective October 19. She reports to Guillaume Rimaud , chief executive for France. Mermillod will coordinate …

To offset their underweight positions in Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC, emerging market funds have largely turned to Korean memory chipmakers and smaller Taiwanese technology companies. Ucits funds are allowed to invest no more than 10 percent of their assets …

Violent unrest in France is undermining investor confidence in French government bonds, raising concerns that the turmoil could spill over into Belgium. The two countries share vulnerabilities, both in terms of social unrest and the state of their public …

Emerging market debt denominated in local currencies is rapidly establishing itself as a permanent fixture in institutional investors’ portfolios. Meanwhile, issuance of sovereign bonds denominated in dollars is falling further and further behind. The …

Vanguard’s head of multi-asset: ‘It has been an exceptional year’

Divide and conquer

Chart of the week: is the AI machine faltering?

French debt fears revive sovereign CDS

Morningstar: iShares versus State Street in emerging-markets local-currency bond

For venture capital funds, family offices offer more than money

Transfers: Indosuez, Caixabank, Simmons & Simmons, Lombard Odier, Infront, Vontobel, KZVK, Prime Capital, Hamilton Lane

Ucits limit caps TSMC risk, not AI exposure

French unrest raises contagion fears for Belgian government bonds

Structural growth secures permanent place for EMD in portfolios