The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) is aware that the asset management industry is under pressure to meet green investing rules and is preparing to present detailed guidance shortly. It understands that the rules are complex, often …

Financial markets do relatively well when it comes to predicting the future. Collective wisdom is ultimately translated into share prices. Index investors benefit from this collective wisdom and are effectively free riders to the hard work of many. Yet in …

Oddo BHF Asset Management said it has strengthened its presence in Benelux with the recruitment of André Koeken as sales manager. He is now in charge of developing the clientele of independent financial advisors and insurance companies in the Benelux. He …

Apex Group Ltd continues to add management companies to its group through acquisitions. On Wednesday it said it plans to acquire the fund services and third-party management company business operations of Maitland International Holdings plc, an …

Product launches for Article 8 and 9 funds, sustainability funds and ESG funds are all over the place, but there is no insight into which fund houses are actually putting a lot of assets to work sustainably. Enquiries with Morningstar show that it is …

Private markets are no longer the exclusive preserve of large institutional investors. A round of questions to Dutch asset managers points to an influx of families and high-net-worth individuals - or HNWIs - as private equity becomes more widely available …

A university-sponsored wealthtech startup based in Liège, Belgium, is keen to make life easier for European asset and wealth managers that currently face sleepless nights. In 77 days, in the middle of the summer holidays, additional client suitability …

Dislocation of Europe’s energy supplies, inflation, increased interest rates, Covid lockdowns in China… The list of factors creating headwinds for investors is long. A pair of French boutique-fund managers visiting Luxembourg explained that these problems …

For years, US technology stocks have beaten the rest of the market. And not by much. This trend was reinforced by the Covid crisis, which pushed the valuation of growth stocks to unprecedented heights - even higher than during the 'dot.com' bubble. This …

DNCA Finance, a Paris-based boutique investment firm that is part of Natixis group, said on Friday it has hired Jo Switten and Nicolas Dubuisson, who both until recently worked for Carmignac, to strengthen its sales team for the Belgian and Luxembourg …

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