In a remarkable turn of events, actively managed equity funds suddenly saw substantial inflows in May, after months of steady outflows. At the same time, investors left index trackers in droves. Over the past few years, it seemed the market share of ETFs …

Agreement on the European coronavirus recovery fund could be a "gamechanger" for the European Union, according to Vincent Juvyns (photo). It’s his main reason to be a bit more positive about European stocks again. The Global Market Strategist at JP Morgan …

Most institutional investors expect there to be minimal impact on their business from the coronavirus crisis, even though three in ten say their daily investment-related operations were disrupted by the volatility. These are the key findings of State …

Quintet Private Bank is planning to merge its European subsidiaries into one business unit based in Luxembourg. Approval has been requested from local supervisory authorities. Subsidiaries such as Puilaetco in Belgium, Merck Fink in Germany and …

Avec le fonds SRI Equity Circular Economy, le gestionnaire d'actifs belge Candriam lance un nouveau fonds axé sur l'investissement d'impact. Le lancement intervient exactement un an après le lancement du fonds Climate Action. Le fonds se concentrera sur …

L'or augmente discrètement, mais de nombreux observateurs du marché restent sceptiques face à ce ‘stealth bull market’, qui a tout de même débuté dès 2001. Cela est principalement dû au fait qu'ils partent du principe que l'or ne peut être valorisé. Quod …

Skagen Global remains an outlier among global equity funds. The fund shuns most big American technology stocks. ‘The valuations are still unjustifiable for us,' says manager Knut Gezelius who, despite this underweight to big tech, still managed to beat …

Annual general meetings moving online is an example of how the coronavirus could change the way businesses function. The Institut Luxembourgeois des Administrateurs (ILA), the country’s director’s association, saw a 20% increase in participation after …

Due to a sustained period of underperformance, investors are increasingly questioning the validity of factor investing. Georg Elsaesser, Portfolio Manager Quantitative Investment at Invesco, has a simple explanation for the underperformance, and is not …

Vanguard and UBS have launched ESG funds, taking advantage of the increased popularity of sustainable investing in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Orchard Capital Management, by contrast, sees the deep unpopularity of value stocks as the perfect …

Investors return to active equity funds

'Recovery fund gamechanger for European equities'

State Street survey finds return of investor optimism

Quintet to centralise operations in Luxembourg

Candriam lance un fonds axé sur l'économie circulaire

L'or: valorisable ou relique barbare ?

Skagen Global: Outperformance despite tech underweight

‘Virus to drive AGM reform’

Why factor investing keeps disappointing

ESG and value funds launched in wake of pandemic