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Morningstar: AllianceBernstein vs Pimco in high-yield bonds

Prudent risk management is vital in high-yield-bond investing. As this week’s Morningstar fund…
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Asset Managers
December 11, 2025

Investors manage just fine with less research on smallcaps

European regulator Esma is advocating a revision of research rules, expected to take effect next…
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Transfers
December 11, 2025

Transfers: Fidelity, La Française, Partners Group, Palana, Schuman, URW, Robeco

This week’s roundup of people transfers and appointments.
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Investing
December 10, 2025

Investors favor EM equities over those from the US in 2026

A majority of large asset managers are most optimistic about equities for 2026, particularly those…
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Asset Managers
December 10, 2025

Mandates lose ground to funds

Assets managed through discretionary mandates have expanded more slowly in Europa over the past ten…
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Asset Allocation
December 9, 2025

Private credit’s real risk rests with the managers

In private credit, institutional investors face their biggest risk not in the asset class itself…
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Supervision
December 9, 2025

Simplification push by ESMA risks raising costs before relief

The European Union’s push to simplify financial reporting faces a complex reality, with industry…
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Opinion
December 9, 2025

The 2026 portfolio

The traditional 60/40 portfolio is dead, long live the 60/40 portfolio.
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Asset Managers
December 8, 2025

Resilience in financial markets the surprise of 2025

Many fund houses mark Liberation Day—the day president Trump announced sharply higher US trade…
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Wealth Managers
December 8, 2025

New generation of billionaires shifts to external management

Europe is consolidating its position as the global hub for inherited wealth, but the way that…
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