Fund management companies registered some 22 new reserved alternative investment funds (Raifs) in April 2023, according to publicly-released data updated on 15 May. This development brings the total for this year so far to 128. Considering only the first …

Fears in the financial sector that the reputation of institutions - banks as well as fund managers - might suffer as an indirect consequence of stringent sustainable finance regulations might deter firms from developing new ESG products, or could make …

Financial services provider Apex Group on Tuesday said it has closed its acquisition of the data and analytics division of troubled London-based asset services provider MJ Hudson Plc. The deal includes part of MJ Hudson's business in Luxembourg. The …

Europe’s top financial supervisor on Tuesday said it has opened up a consultation on the draft technical standards for European Long Term Investment Funds, or Eltifs, to collect input from the industry. Interested stakeholders have until 24 August to …

Institutional investment portfolios in Europe could do with more venture capital, especially when it comes to making green impact investments, the Netherlands’ technology investment envoy Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau said in an IO Talks podcast …

While those European investors still in doubt about the importance of ESG are becoming increasingly bogged down in a rearguard action, U.S. states are increasingly passing anti-ESG laws. “If this becomes federal policy, I would underweight the U.S. in the …

The latest edition of the Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey shows that fund managers are still overweight equities while their expectations of future economic growth have come down considerably. Indeed, the chart below shows that fund managers …

Technical standards with which sustainability information must comply are becoming clearer as far as the European supervisory authorities are concerned. They published a comprehensive consultation paper with a high level of detail and many calculation …

Fund firms face the prospect of EU rules setting standards of “value for money” for their investment products under the Retail Investment Strategy due to be unveiled on 24 May. This could include disincentives, for example, to charging active management …

Europe’s top regulator for securities and financial markets on Wednesday said it believes there is a need for EU-level legislation to make sure investors do not bear costs that are considered excessive, unnecessary, or unreasonable when they put their …

Raif registrations down 20% for year to date vs 2022

‘Reputation risks may lead to fewer ESG products’

Apex closes acquisition of MJ Hudson’s data division

Eltifs: Esma opens consultation on technical standards

‘Institutional portfolios can do with more venture capital’

US anti-ESG policy seen as reason to underweight the region

Chart of the Week: Fund manager yet to unwind risk

SFDR level 2 finetuning: more details and lots of extra work

‘Value for money’ replaces full inducement ban in EU retail plan

Esma wants EU law to stop ‘undue costs’ in investment funds