Geopolitical unrest is forcing investors to reassess their portfolios. As bonds lose their strength, volatile asset classes are returning as an alternative for diversification, said Jitzes Noorman, delegated CIO and investment strategist at Columbia …

Malick Badjie has joined Pictet Asset Management as global co-head of sales and member of the executive committee, effective May 1. He will share the role with Niall Quinn and report to Raymond Sagayam, managing partner and co-chief executive officer of …

The Eltif label is emerging as more than a regulatory badge. Under Europe’s revised Solvency 2 regime, it is becoming the most reliable route for insurers to secure and retain lower capital charges in private markets. The European Union’s reform of the …

A group of Belgian investors returned to Omaha this weekend for Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, but for the first time Warren Buffett was not on stage. The 95-year-old still attended, yet the tone of the “Woodstock of capitalism” has begun to shift. …

Imagine this: your boss can see exactly when you’re sitting at your desk, what time you arrive, what time you leave, and when you take lunch. It almost sounds like a nightmare from a dystopian novel, but for 300 equity analysts, this was daily reality …

The fees private equity managers earn on successful deals are no longer just a matter of compensation. For the pension funds and insurers that bankroll the industry, the way those payouts are calculated has become a test of governance, and an increasingly …

Corporate governance is one of those topics investors prefer to push into the background as long as markets are rising. Yet the quality of corporate governance is one of the most decisive factors for the long-term valuation of an equity market. Countries …

Active asset allocation is a double-edged sword. Executed well, tactical shifts can generate alpha and differentiate from the benchmark. The trade-off is greater complexity, with more moving parts and higher demands on skill and discipline. Investors …

Every May, a ritual unfolds in Omaha, Nebraska that I have never quite understood. Thousands of investors fly to a shareholder meeting in the middle of the American Midwest to hear a wise old man explain that smart investors can probably find better uses …

A Belgian-led private fund, structured as a Luxembourg RAIF, at the center of a Dutch regulatory probe has acknowledged serious failures in governance and investor reporting, as it attempts to rebuild trust with two wealth managers whose clients were …

Volatile asset classes strengthen ‘war portfolio’

Transfers: Pictet, Universal Invest, Deutsche Bank, Aberdeen, Block AM, LuxTrust

Loyens & Loeff: why the Eltif label matters for the Solvency 2 LTE module

Buffett steps back as Omaha gathers without him on stage

When your boss takes away your work-from-home day, your numbers get better

Private equity’s pay machine becomes a governance test

The price of good governance

Morningstar: Blackrock versus JP Morgan in EUR Moderate Allocation – global

With Buffett gone, Berkshire is becoming truly Buffettian

Capiva Plus fund admits governance failures, seeks reset