Piyasi Mitra

About the author

Piyasi joined Funds Europe in October 2022. A former features writer, copy editor and journalist with The Times of India, she has written articles for various print publications and digital platforms for over eight years. Piyasi has a master’s degree in applied psychology.

German fund investors kept their nerve in 2022

German investors were praised for acting "very prudently" last year by remaining invested in markets despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine and other events that caused uncertainty.  The...

UK’s “ailing image” prompts equity funds’ outflows in January

UK investors sold down UK-focused equity funds in January, causing the third largest outflows for 20 months despite strong market performance. Investors withdrew a net...

Real estate: Sustainable properties at a ‘greenium’

Piyasi Mitra reports on how sustainability is lifting real estate returns in the commercial sector. In a survey of European real estate managers covered by...

Airways pension scheme starts London real estate JV with Singapore SWF

New Airways Pension Scheme, a UK-defined benefit (DB) pension scheme managed by British Airways, is investing alongside Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund manager GIC to...

Aviva Investors CEO warns firms to put sustainability before short-term solutions to recession risks

Aviva Investors has warned companies not to sacrifice long-term sustainability goals in order to combat near-term challenges posed by energy shocks, supply chain disruption,...

Fixed income: Bond managers get specific

Fixed income managers hope for a bond/equity decoupling in 2023 and look for signs of a rally. Subtlety and selectivity are key, writes Piyasi...

UK pension fund managers bank on fixed income

Global asset manager Payden & Rygel anticipates renewed enthusiasm among UK pension fund managers for fixed-income investments. The firm said the September 2022 UK mini budget...

How Japan supports the ‘just transition’

Japan considers itself not just a pioneer in climate finance but also a champion of the now widely held view that richer countries should...

European high yield market more attractive than the US

A big rebound may be unlikely after the 2022 markets debacle, but asset managers are still optimistic about high-yield bonds in 2023.  The first half...

BNY Mellon launches emerging market impact bond fund

Asset manager BNY Mellon Investment Management has launched the Responsible Horizons Emerging Market Debt Impact Fund, managed by Insight Investment – part of the...

German spezialfonds beat bond returns and show tight grip on risk

'Spezialfonds' - German fund structures for institutional investors - performed better than euro-area bonds over an extensive period but with less volatility, according to...

India “bright spot” in global economy – IMF

India took centre stage among the 'BRICs' economies in a recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) report that projected the Indian economy growth rate would bounce back...

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