The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is placing greater due diligence requirements on asset managers that invest in illiquid assets regulated under the UK’s ‘Nurs’ regime.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is placing greater due diligence requirements on asset managers that invest in illiquid assets regulated under the UK’s ‘Nurs’ regime.
With Amazon fires burning at an unprecedented rate, investors should analyse their holding companies for deforestation risk policies, says BMO Global Asset Management (BMO GAM).
The Luxembourg government has laid down draft legislation to enact the second EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive 2017/952 (ATAD 2) into domestic law.
Evidence for poor responsible investment factors among companies, and a link to a higher risk of default in their corporate bonds, has been strengthened, academics claim.
Stock markets have rallied since 2012 but more recent fears of impending recession have caused investors to buy lower-risk high quality companies.
M&G Investments has launched an emerging markets corporate bond fund focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics.
Investors in shipping, which include some of the world’s biggest asset managers such as BlackRock and Vanguard, are said to be heavily exposed to decarbonisation due to the amount of fossil fuels transported by sea, researchers claim.
Global investors have added risk and reduced cash in their portfolios despite concern in recent months about trade wars and monetary policy.
Funds Europe talks to VanEck’s Francis Rodilosso about the attraction of emerging market debt and high yield bonds.
As concern mounts about how a downturn could hit insurers’ CLO holdings, Nicholas Pratt looks at the appeal of collateralised loan obligations and the impact of recent rule changes in the US market.
