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Equity and multi-strategy hedge funds lead Q1 2024 recovery

22 April 2024

Hedge funds kicked off 2024 with their "best quarter since the pandemic", according to data from the Citco group of companies. Equity and multi-strategy funds led the charge, with a weighted average return of 7.3% across all strategies, building on 2023's momentum. Equity funds topped the charts at 8.49%, followed...

Pictet launches Eltif focused on co-investments in environmental technology

Pictet Alternative Advisors has launched a strategy offering investors access to "innovative environmental technology investments across private markets". The fund, Pictet Private Assets SICAV – Environment...

22 April 2024

Tabula launches ESG-focused physical gold ETC

European ETF provider Tabula Investment Management Limited has launched an ESG-focused physical gold ETC, the first exchange-traded physical gold product to offer "full traceability...

22 April 2024

Cardano appoints Guinevere Taylor as head of LGPS relationships

Cardano, the investment management and advisory business, has appointed Guinevere Taylor to the new role of head of Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Relationships. Taylor...

22 April 2024

Morningstar appoints UK manager research lead

Investment research firm Morningstar has appointed Monika Calay as the director of its UK manager research team. Calay was previously the director of passive strategies...

22 April 2024

Simona Merzagora joins Mediolanum’s German team

Mediolanum International Funds Limited (Mediolanum), the European asset management platform of the Mediolanum Banking Group, has appointed Simona Merzagora as senior business advisor for...

22 April 2024

Europe’s ETF industry set for record year

There could be a new record in annual inflows in the European ETF market based on flows in the first quarter. This is the view...

19 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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