Erik Breen

Asset Allocation
February 10, 2021

Why Tesla buys bitcoin

When Tesla’s annual report was released on Monday, it stated that the firm had bought $1.5 billion…
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Asset Allocation
February 9, 2021

‘Post-Brexit M&A could boost UK equities’

The UK equity market has been underperforming ever since the Brexit year of 2016. Now that Brexit is…
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February 5, 2021

Additional SFDR requirements to prevent greenwashing

The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) EBA, Eiopa and Esma have adjusted proposed requirements…
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February 4, 2021

A nightmare on Wall Street

Le short squeeze massif sur l’action GameStop a bouleversé les rapports de force traditionnels à…
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February 4, 2021

ELTIF to get a makeover

Mobilising long term private sector funding for ambitions such as the green industrial revolution is…
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Asset Managers
February 3, 2021

Alger Small Cap Focus: the secret behind its success

Amy Zhang has been one of America’s best-performing fund managers for quite some years now. What’s…
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Asset Allocation
January 29, 2021

‘Growth in power semiconductors to continue for 10 more years'

Strong inflows into clean energy ETFs have pushed valuations of the various subsectors higher. To…
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January 28, 2021

GDPR and Brexit: another deadline

Personal data transfers in general, and in the financial sector in particular, are one of the many…
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Family Offices
January 27, 2021

European family offices ahead in sustainable investing

The average European family office has invested 16% of their assets sustainably. This is much more…
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Asset Allocation
January 26, 2021

‘20% upward potential for European banking stocks’

The share prices of European banks have been rising in recent months, and their rally has further to…
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Asset Allocation
January 25, 2021

‘Reflation trade to accelerate under Biden’

The reflation trade will accelerate further under a Biden presidency, according to what Philippe…
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Asset Allocation
January 22, 2021

‘Dollar weakness double whammy for expensive US stocks’

Despite its recent slide, the US dollar is still overvalued. In time, the greenback could go much…
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Asset Managers
January 21, 2021

Fund directors rush to update ESG stance

Despite the looming EU deadline on ESG reporting, around a third of boards of UCITS funds and nearly…
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iShares: bond ETF market can grow to $5,000 billion
Asset Allocation
January 20, 2021

Thematic ETF assets triple in 2020

Thematic ETFs saw record inflows of €9.5 billion last year, as totale assets in the category almost…
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