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UK pension schemes and insurers boost sustainable investments

16 April 2024

95% of UK pension funds and insurers in a survey said they expect to increase allocations to renewable energy assets over the next five years. According to the survey commissioned by AlphaReal, a specialist manager of secure income real assets, 35% of respondents said they will increase allocations by up...

US ETF industry touched $8.87tn at the end of Q1 2024, data shows

The ETF industry in the US soared to an all-time high of $8.87 trillion by the close of Q1 2024, surpassing the previous record...

16 April 2024

Quintet partners with BlackRock to launch multi-manager funds

Quintet Private Bank, the Luxembourg-based parent company of UK's Brown Shipley, has introduced the first in a series of multi-manager Ucits funds in collaboration...

16 April 2024

Pictet Asset Management launches euro-denominated credit bond fund

Pictet Asset Management has launched the Pictet-EUR Income Opportunities fund for European investors seeking "reliable income with limited duration risk". The fund invests across euro-denominated...

16 April 2024

FE fundinfo appoints Joerg Grossmann as chief product officer

FE fundinfo, a global provider of fund information, technology and services, has appointed Joerg Grossmann as its chief product officer. With his extensive experience in...

16 April 2024

Amundi appoints Marc Noel as chief compliance officer

Amundi, the French asset management firm, has named Marc Noel its new chief compliance officer. Noel began his professional journey with Societe Generale in 2002...

16 April 2024

UK proposes return to research bundling rules

The UK’s financial regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has proposed a plan that will reverse a key part of the MiFID II reforms. The...

15 April 2024

LUXEMBOURG SPOTLIGHT

Luxembourg is one of the world’s premiere centres for cross-border distribution of investment funds. Read our special regional coverage, coinciding with the annual ALFI European Asset Management Conference.

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Europe’s ETF market to hit €2.5trn by 2030 – Lipper

Assets under management (AuM) for Europe’s ETF industry reached an all-time high in 2023, according to market data provider Lipper. Assets increased to reach €1.564...

Europe’s T+1 dilemma

Jens Schmidt at EY Luxembourg is among some who say t+1 could hinder deeper changes that are needed in capital markets. Nicholas Pratt talks...

Fixed income ETFs see “subdued” inflows in February

Inflows into fixed income ETFs decelerated in February, although the market remains supportive of the asset class in anticipation of rate cuts later this...

Vox pop: “Increased investment volumes” expected for 2024

Higher real estate investment volumes and reaching “peak rate” in central bank policy rates are among the expectations for the property market, hears Piyasi...

Hot property locations

London and Paris top Europe's real estate demand, while Rome faces challenges. As heat got anything to do with it? Piyasi Mitra reports. London topped...

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The tension between urgency and inaction will continue to influence sustainability discussions in 2024, as reflected in the trends report from S&P Global.

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