“Automation must not strip the soul out of asset management: artificial intelligence should support compliance, not replace human expertise,” said Luke Varley, general counsel at Park Square Capital LLP, during last week’s Alfi conference Synergies for …

As active ETFs grow beyond niche status, some of the last traditionally active managers, including Columbia Threadneedle and M&G, are entering the European market with strategies that blend research conviction and daily oversight. Active ETFs have grown …

Triodos Investment Management is betting that nature-based solutions, still a niche segment, will mature into a full-fledged asset class within the next decade. To support that vision, the Dutch sustainable investor is launching two private funds …

Legislation proposed by Luxembourg in October to enhance the regulatory framework for alternative investment funds and UCITS aims to provide greater flexibility and clarity. The Netherlands, meanwhile, is working on the implementation of AIFMD II. On 3 …

I spent twelve years living in Asia, watching capital form and move with remarkable speed. From Singapore to Hong Kong, I saw family fortunes built within a generation, and investment offices spring up almost overnight. It was the era when the East was …

Driven by steadily declining yields and increasingly strict capital requirements, Dutch, Belgian, French, and German insurers have in recent years largely divested from government bonds. The freed-up capital has mainly been invested in corporate bonds and …

The word is out! Fed Chair Jay Powell is considering stopping the reduction of the Federal Reserve’s balance sheet. If you think that balance sheet has slimmed down significantly after three years of quantitative tightening, you’re mistaken. Moreover, …

After years of chasing American growth stocks powered by AI and innovation, investors are beginning to look back to Europe. Rising interest rates and shifting global dynamics are reviving interest in the continent’s overlooked but profitable companies. …

Emerging-markets hard currency bonds have delivered positive returns for dollar investors in every quarter of 2025. However, European-based investors faced negative returns in the first half of the year due to a stronger euro. This changed in the third …

A groundbreaking study shows that “superstar cities” systematically lag in total returns—a crucial insight for valuing REITs (real estate investment trusts). The explanation lies in lower rental yields and surprisingly low risk, which fundamentally …

Under pressure, investment sector seeks scale and efficiency

Last wave of traditional managers embraces the active ETF model

‘Nature-based solutions are where renewable energy was 15 years ago’

Pinsent Masons: AIFMD 2.0 implementation in Luxembourg and the Netherlands

The reverse silk road: why Asian money now lands in Luxembourg

Hardly any insurers still invested in government bonds

Chart of the week: the balance dance

Investors are rediscovering Europe’s value, says M&G

Morningstar: T. Rowe Price vs MFS in global EM bonds

Forget ‘superstar city’: a new look at REIT cash flows