European family offices are taking advantage of falling US real estate prices, seeking opportunities in prime office spaces and "trophy assets" despite market instability. US office property valuations have dropped sharply due to rising borrowing costs …

The European Securities and Markets Authority, Esma, in May published its final guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms in order to prevent greenwashing risk. These may, potentially, have massive implications for fund …

In the wake of Nvidia’s stellar stock performance, fund portfolios with allocations to the U.S. producer of next-generation artificial intelligence chips were at their concentration limits before the stock started giving up some of its spectacular recent …

Benjamin Graham is the founder of value investing with his 1949 book The Intelligent Investor. He has famous followers, including Warren Buffett, Seth Klarman, Mohnish Pabrai and Joel Greenblatt. Graham made sure that investing was no longer equated with …

Amsterdam-based investment firm Van Lanschot Kempen is keen to expand its market share in Belgium, enhancing its position as a ‘top of mind’ private bank in the western European wealth management market with a firmer anchor in the low countries. This …

European ambitions to boost capital flow through increased retail investment, exemplified by the European Long-Term Investment Fund (Eltif), hinge on tax incentives to encourage widespread savings, essential for success. European hopes to increase the …

Research by Ludovic Phalippou of Oxford University reveals that Benelux pension funds are the third largest sponsors of performance bonuses for US private equity firms. Phalippou, a professor of finance and author of the bestseller ‘ Private Equity Laid …

Financial markets and economies often present an inscrutable visage. As investors, we must endure this opacity. Yet, dissatisfaction with this reality spawns a myriad of "curious" (I exercise restraint here) arguments. One such perplexing assertion is …

Global equities have been performing exceptionally well this year, continuing the trend of robust returns seen in 2023. However, this surge is primarily driven by large-cap stocks. Smaller companies have not fared as well, and this disparity has persisted …

BlackRock's ETF provider, iShares, topped the list of asset-gatherers last month, while Swiss bank Credit Suisse led the firms facing significant redemptions, according to data compiled by Morningstar. In terms of net fund inflows, iShares, which manages …

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