Insights

Shaping the future of Germany’s pension provision

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Germany's private pension system gears up for a transformative overhaul, emphasising flexibility and market-oriented strategies for the future. Germany's private pension provision system stands at...

Editorial: Scrapping commissions

Nick Fitzpatrick -

Brussels stepped back from a complete ban on retrocessions when it recently released a strategy to boost retail investments. Rather than ban all retrocessions...

The gap in the emerging market

kevin -

There is still a huge need for ESG investment in emerging markets, but companies there are responding to various sustainability and social needs. What’s...

Institutional investors move headlong into ESG

kevin -

Benjamin David explores the transformative shift of institutional investors towards ESG investing in private markets, highlighting its rise, the demand for enhanced reporting and...

Mental health: Mental fitness for fund managers

Piyasi Mitra -

Market volatility has likely impacted mental health – and the past year has seen a rise in coaching for adaptive thinking, Piyasi Mitra hears. Volatility...

Italian asset management reports positive growth in Q1 2023 net collections

kevin -

Italian asset management experiences positive growth in net collections for Q1 2023, signalling a promising start to the year. Italian asset management has shown positive...

Regulation: Re-papering for SFDR agreements

Nick Fitzpatrick -

Irish-domiciled sustainability-related funds are growing hugely - but Maples lawyer Ian Conlon tells Nick Fitzpatrick many funds need to ‘paper’ certain responsibilities into their...

High-yield “lives up to its name”

Piyasi Mitra -

High yield managers are excited about BB-rated debt – much of which is issued in Europe, finds Piyasi Mitra. With interest rates rising, the risk...

Does UK RDR show the EU must ban fund retrocessions?

Nick Fitzpatrick -

EU fund managers remain entrenched on fund retrocessions, while the UK has tentatively shown that banning commissions could be healthy for the funds industry....

Space investing: Europe’s growing space sector

kevin -

Annual investment in Europe's space industry has surpassed that of its United States counterpart. Benjamin David examines what this means for the future of...

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