Extreme global market volatility is becoming a fact of life as investors are forced to make ever riskier choices, says Stephen Jones, CEO of Aegon Asset Management UK.
Extreme global market volatility is becoming a fact of life as investors are forced to make ever riskier choices, says Stephen Jones, CEO of Aegon Asset Management UK.
The funds industry has remained tight-lipped on the EU’s regulatory review of alternative investment funds for fear of unnecessary change, reports Fiona Nicolson. however, others see an opportunity to bring alternative investments to a wider range of investors.
Attracted by yield and diversification, retail investors may soon have more access to private assets, says Nick Fitzpatrick.
Insurance companies are major investors in bonds – both by design and desire. Fiona Nicolson asks how insurers can find growth at a time when balance sheets have been hit by €60 billion in lost premiums.
Real estate equities are in recovery. Despite ‘noise’ in the wider stock market, some property shares are back above pre-crisis levels, powered by demographic changes and currently boosted by inflation worries. Alex Rolandi reports.
Managers of US bond portfolios were among the most-searched firms as investors examined fixed income funds during May, writes Mithursha Kesavan.
Funds that meet the EU’s highest requirements on ESG disclosure could come to represent half of the region’s total assets under management (AUM) in just the next 12 months.
Asset managers and other market participants are unlikely to see reduced market data costs in the EU under plans for a ‘consolidated tape’ – the digital, real-time publication of market data.
UK dividends bounced back in the second quarter this year but were still a long way off from recovering to pre-pandemic levels, the latest data from Link Group shows.
Carlota Garcia-Manas, head of engagement at Royal London Asset Management, argues that the race to transition to net zero is in danger of being nothing more than an end objective that could leave large parts of society in its wake.
