White papers La Française IS Investment Strategy

Thought leadership from Qontigo

Thematic investing

Market volatility & macroeconomic disruptions have raised a challenge to thematic investing, but also offer a chance to reappraise the benefits of this approach. Learn more about Qontigo's STOXX Thematic Indices from Christoph Schon, Senior Principal, Applied Research.

READ MORE »

HSBC creates new unit for capital solutions

HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) is to establish a capital solutions unit that will sit within the HSBC Alternatives arm of the bank.

LGIM adds two funds to global ESG range

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has added two funds to its Future World ESG Multi-Index fund range.

Nine in ten German institutional investors see nuclear as "unsustainable"

German institutional investors are largely in consensus on nuclear power with 89% considering it unsustainable, according to research from Union Investment, an arm of DZ Bank.

Gold’s 50-year relationship with inflation

Chris Mellor, of Invesco, considers the perceived breakdown between the gold price and inflation and tries to answer if this is a permanent feature for the precious metal.

May 2022 worst month for outflows since Covid outbreak

European long-term funds experienced €15.8 billion of net outflows in May this year, the worst monthly result in terms of flows since March 2020 according to Morningstar.

ESG roundtable: The Deliveroo of ESG

ESG events that have captured attention in the past year, and the evolution of attitudes to ESG-based returns, are two topics our expert panellists discuss.

Lies, damn lies and diluted ESG metrics

Fund managers talk to Nicholas Pratt about the dangers of ESG metrics that boil complex risks down to a single number.

Ireland: The Munster funds industry

“If you build it, they will come” is an oft-misquoted phrase from the film Field of Dreams, but there seems to be some truth in the sentiment if we look at the Irish funds industry, writes Angela Madden.

ESG: Into the woods

A new initiative from Denmark could pave the way for European pension funds to become more involved in forest management – But, as indigenous people understand better than anyone, this carries a duty of custodianship. David Whitehouse reports.

Filter by category

Filter by company