Government bonds classified as sustainable or ESG securities continued to win market share during the third quarter as more of them were issued while the total amount issued in fresh state debt in Europe declined. Governments of EU member states and the …

European Fund and Asset Management Association Efama will host its 2022 Investment Management Forum on Thursday and Friday in Brussels. Director-general Tanguy Van de Werve spoke to Investment Officer about prospects for the industry, sustainable finance …

Private market investments have become overweight in institutional portfolios following this year’s substantial declines in public markets. Half of investors are waiting “as long as necessary” for this dislocation to subside. The other half is concerned, …

Style risk is one of the key risks that sustainable investors need to be aware of. After all, many equity funds with a sustainable mandate tend to lean towards a growth style. Any choice of style brings the likelihood of it falling out of favour with …

The latest round of greenwashing allegations targets Luxembourg’s banks and their investment funds. Greenpeace, presenting a mystery shopping survey , now claims Luxembourg’s financial centre is “guilty of greenwashing”. Meanwhile, UN secretary-general …

By successfully closing its acquisition of European Fund Administration, Universal Investment has pushed its assets under administration by more than a fifth to above 900 billion euro in more than 7000 funds, the firm has announced. Financial details were …

Outlines of reform proposals for European long-term investment funds (Eltif), agreed by EU policy-makers last month, have been hailed as major positive step forward by some in the industry. More quietly, though, others suggest the fundamental …

Although inflation has made its comeback in Western economies after decades of oblivion (the great moderation), in public discourse on the housing market, the impact of current inflation levels is quite often ignored. In particular, people talk about the …

It has been a dire and highly volatile stock market year so far. The opportunity for active investors to make a difference and outsmart the market. Fine words notwithstanding, more than three quarters of active managers have failed again this year. “The …

No this column is not about sustainability, climate targets or Co2 emissions. But about the fable that energy companies are a reason why broad market profits need not fall. Energy profits Earnings-per-share of US energy companies included in the S&P 500 …

ESG debt takes bigger share of government debt market

Efama DG: ‘2022 will be a tough year for the fund industry’

Imbalance between private and public markets troubles investors

Top 5 sustainable value stocks: Schroders in the lead

Banks challenge Greenpeace on greenwashing allegations

With EFA, UI pushes assets administrated above €900 bln

Key Eltif contradictions remain to be resolved

The housing market crisis is in full swing in some places

Morningstar: Active managers lose out again against passive

Graph of the week: energy label