"Hey, don’t I know you from the trading floor?" It’s a question that still comes up from time to time when Dutch investment professionals meet for the first time. At least among the older generation. After all, it has been nearly 25 years since the …

On October 22, 1987, three days after Black Monday, the US stock market fell nearly 4 percent. What caused it? Nobody knew. Journalists shrugged their shoulders. The country’s leading financial newspapers left readers without an explanation. That was the …

Stories about AI stocks have been dominated for months by questions about valuations. Yet while most valuation metrics have actually started to look somewhat more attractive recently, there are other figures, hidden from many investors, that make these …

Despite pressures from conflict in the Middle East persisting for most of the quarter, investors, corporations, and global economies showed resilience, with high-yield issuers showcasing continued strong fundamentals in the face of heightened oil prices …

The Dutch and French market regulators have told EU governments to move beyond debating whether ESMA should become a stronger European supervisor and focus instead on how centralized supervision should work. The position puts the AFM and AMF in direct …

Blackrock has partnered with PCG Impact, the advisory arm of Dutch impact investing specialist Phenix Capital Group, as institutional investors increasingly seek specialist support in building and measuring impact investment portfolios. The US asset …

A gap is opening in Europe’s family-office market between families large enough to need institutional investment infrastructure and those wealthy enough to build it themselves. Luxembourg administrator Orientis Partners is targeting families with 100 …

Although ETFs currently play an important role in many investment portfolios, State Street believes the market's biggest growth phase is still ahead. Europe, in particular, offers significant untapped potential in the retail market. “In terms of adoption, …

Bianca Kraus has been appointed head of investor relations for Europe at real estate investment manager AEW, effective July 1. Based in Munich, she will oversee capital raising and client servicing across Europe. Kraus joined AEW in 2019 as head of …

Private equity and venture capital funds have become significantly more professionalized in recent years. Yet many fund managers continue to rely on an inefficient patchwork of spreadsheets, stand-alone software applications and external service …

Trading floors: the finest office in the Netherlands

The market is mumbling less and less

Chart of the week: the AI price tag everyone is missing

Morningstar: Man Group versus T. Rowe Price in global high yield bonds

AFM and AMF challenge Luxembourg over ESMA role

Blackrock taps Dutch specialist to expand impact investing offering

Orientis sees family office gap below 500 million euros

‘Retail investors must drive the next growth phase of the ETF market’

Transfers: AEW, BLI, Spuerkeess, Trustmoore, Caceis

Private equity funds struggle with fragmented operations