The large amount of household savings related to lockdowns have been linked with record fund flows in the UK during the second quarter.
The large amount of household savings related to lockdowns have been linked with record fund flows in the UK during the second quarter.
More evidence of greater retail-investor activity through the Covid-19 pandemic emerges in research that shows how the asset management industry strongly recovered during 2020.
Cyber criminals can spend months inside a financial firm’s systems, diverting money. As Alex Rolandi reports, this is a concern to all funds industry actors, from custodians to private equity firms.
BlackRock is making private markets investments available to a wider range of wealth managers – a section of the funds industry that finds these assets traditionally difficult to access.
UK fund manager River and Mercantile is to market its Global Recovery Fund in Europe, saying it had seen growing demand from investors outside the UK.
European workers want to invest a large part of their savings but lack the confidence to take the plunge, JP Morgan’s asset management business said.
Demand for private markets assets from institutional investors is well-known to have increased. But which of these assets is most in demand, and which type of asset manager is likely to get the business?
Despite recent moves to improve EU cross-border shareholders’ rights, increasing evidence suggests that engagement barriers remain between countries, according to European non-governmental organisation Better Finance.
The European Fund and Asset Management Association has urged that the European Commission give more time for the implementation of Priips rules, saying that the “flawed” review process does not tackle the root issue.
Fund platform SharingAlpha has released a list of its most highly rated fund selectors for 2020 - a list that span North America, Europe, South Africa and Israel.
