Swiss fund manager GAM is expected to report a full-year net loss of 380 million Swiss francs (€353.6 million) for 2020 due to an impairment charge announced last June.
Swiss fund manager GAM is expected to report a full-year net loss of 380 million Swiss francs (€353.6 million) for 2020 due to an impairment charge announced last June.
European thematic ETFs are said to be among the “big winners” of 2020 as their assets under management almost trebled despite ongoing market turbulence.
Brian Krawez, President of Scharf Investments (Partner of iM Global Partner since April 2019)
The asset management industry’s role in the future of the planet has come into question again following the publication of two reports calling out firms for acting too slowly on climate targets.
Switzerland’s Fisch Asset Management’s chief executive indicated the firm would be hiring in 2021 to support its growth after a successful year in 2020.
During his time as president, Donald Trump shunned climate science and sustainability, backing coal and fossil fuels instead. Following Joe Biden’s election, sustainability is back on the agenda.
GAM has opened an office in Copenhagen in a move to strengthen its presence in the Nordics.
Matthew Chessum, who heads securities lending at Aberdeen Standard Investment, took part in Funds Europe's recent securities finance roundtable. He spoke about the impact of Covid-19 - but also about wider topics including the advancement of ESG in securities lending programmes.
Martin Gilbert (pictured left), the veteran asset management CEO who won the Funds Europe Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020, is not only interviewed in the latest edition of Funds Europe magazine, but is also honoured by a poem by Todd Ruppert.
As the jurisdiction’s regulator seeks to revise the rules of its Private Investment Fund, Dr Andy Sloan, deputy CEO for strategy at Guernsey Finance, talks to Funds Europe about the developments.