A year after M&G Investment agreed a partnership with one of the largest insurance companies in Japan, Daiichi Life is contributing considerably to the inflows. M&G now is preparing for a broader test of the alliance: winning business from Japanese retail …

Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright is setting up more Shariah-compliant private-credit and other alternative funds for Gulf clients than two or three years ago. Most sit outside official lists, leaving the exact scale of the increase unclear. Geoffroy …

The US midterms are struggling to command investors’ attention. Earnings, AI and the Fed matter more to stocks. Neither party offers bondholders relief from the deficits and Treasury supply pushing up long-term yields. Valentin Bissat, chief economist and …

After strong labor market data and inflation that remains above the Fed’s target, the market has reached its conclusion: the policy rate is almost certain to rise next week. The probability increased from 59 percent to 87 percent after last week’s …

In today's turbulent geopolitical environment, investors should fully integrate the risks of war, including hybrid warfare, into their investment policies. That was the message from defense expert Cind Du Bois at Investment Officer's Portfolio Day in …

“Evergreen funds inherently involve a liquidity mismatch.” “Evergreen funds introduce subjectivity and the potential for manipulation of net asset value.” These are some compelling arguments that traditional investors in closed-end private market funds …

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 …

M&G set to test promise of Daiichi alliance

Norton Rose sees Gulf fund revival in private markets

US Midterms promise little for stocks or bonds

What does Warsh actually want?

Cind Du Bois: ‘Security should be a structural factor in investment decisions’

Evergreen funds: always open, never liquid?

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

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