Four senior investment decision-makers entered Investment Officer’s Asset Class Battle in Brussels with different answers to the same problem. The onstage debate produced no clear winner as the US 10-year Treasury yield approached 5 percent. During …

The AI investment boom has benefited a handful of Asian companies, but it has also heightened market volatility. Emerging Asian equities have delivered strong results so far this year, in part thanks to AI optimism and despite ongoing geopolitical …

China is no longer merely undercutting European manufacturers. It is replacing them in products Europe once dominated, forcing investors to weigh Chinese champions against European bottlenecks and the political risks attached to both. Reports published …

Jen Braswell has been appointed global head of impact for M&G Investments’ private markets business, a newly created role. She will report to Emmanuel Deblanc, chief investment officer for private markets, and work across M&G’s impact investing …

The Capiva Plus Fund is to be liquidated, Dutch financial daily Het Financieele Dagblad reported on Wednesday, citing Luxembourg court documents and an email sent by Dutch wealth manager Auréus to its clients. The nearly 300 million-euro investment fund, …

Investors who sharply limit the number of stocks in their portfolio are introducing a lot of extra risk. Even portfolios containing hundreds of stocks are generally not sufficiently diversified to eliminate that risk. Those are the two main conclusions of …

From reviewing thousands of pages for due diligence to scouting new investments, AI is playing an increasingly important role in family offices. The technology not only speeds up analysis, but also allows small teams to process far more information. …

A quarter-point increase in eurozone interest rates looks settled. The signal that follows may matter more for bond markets as energy inflation accelerates and long-term yields rise. The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to raise interest rates …

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 …

Belgian investment experts split on best course in turbulent times

Morningstar: Fidelity versus Schroders in Asia ex-Japan equities

Second China shock tests European portfolios

Transfers: M&G, ABBL, Carmignac, SGSS, GAM, Warburg Pincus

FD: Capiva Plus Fund faces liquidation

Concentrated stock portfolios are riskier than you think

From due diligence to deal scouting: how family offices use AI

ECB hike settled as December divides forecasts

When high yields become the problem

Farewell to the new normal