Impax, a specialist in sustainable investments and listed on London’s smaller companies market, saw a 7% increase in assets under management or advice in the last quarter of 2019 after gaining more than half-a-billion pounds in net inflows.
Impax, a specialist in sustainable investments and listed on London’s smaller companies market, saw a 7% increase in assets under management or advice in the last quarter of 2019 after gaining more than half-a-billion pounds in net inflows.
Top hedge fund trends this year will include higher assets, a reduction in returns, and a greater focus on US investors by UK managers, according to Agecroft Partners.
Yves Perrier, the CEO of Europe’s largest asset manager Amundi, says Europe needs a “common, shared view” on energy policy as part of an energy transition.
Equities ended last year on a high after the general election result boosted UK investor confidence. Real estate funds, however, suffered the worst year on record for flows.
UBS and Invesco followed BlackRock’s iShares as the main winners from exchange-traded fund (ETF) flows in 2019 – the year in which assets in European ETFs and similar products surpassed the $1 trillion milestone for the first time.
Aviva Investors has acquired a property portfolio in the centre of Copenhagen – a city that is home to “hundreds” of tech firms.
PGIM Real Estate has acquired an office building in Berlin’s central business district for an undisclosed price.
Traditional active fund managers are increasingly using shareholder activism to try and increase returns and protect investments.
Securities finance – including stock lending by investment funds – declined last year in both equities and fixed income.
Canadian asset manager Purpose Investments has launched a Ucits medical exchange-traded fund (ETF) in what has been called a first for the European market.
