Asset Managers

A safety net on a sailing ship. Photo CC via Flickr.
Asset Managers
March 8, 2022

​​​​​​​EU’s costly financial safety net inspires confidence

The financial industry often baulked at the tens of billions of euros it pays for EU’s comprehensive…
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Cathie Wood, ARK Innovation ETF. Photo by Ark.
Asset Managers
March 7, 2022

Cathie Wood’s faith in innovation remains strong

While the plunge in the Ark Innovation ETF, a once-popular technology fund with about 50 billion…
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Camille Thommes. Photo: Alfi
Asset Managers
March 1, 2022

Alfi DG Thommes: ‘Indirect impact may go further’

Also as international funds hub, Luxembourg finds itself exposed to the economic fallout from Russia…
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Thomas Schüssler, fund manager DWS Top Dividende
Asset Managers
February 23, 2022

Pressure on equities drives investors to dividend funds

With their stable income and preference for defensive stocks, conservative dividend strategies can…
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ETF. Image: gotcredit.com via Flickr
Asset Managers
February 18, 2022

Global ETF net inflows fall to $76.4 billion in January 

The global ETF industry attracted some 76.4 billion dollars (67.2 billion euro) in net inflows in…
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Amundi on US bank crisis: ‘This is not a systemic risk’
Asset Managers
February 16, 2022

Monica Defend, Pascal Blanqué to lead Amundi Institute 

Amundi, Europe’s biggest asset manager, on Wednesday said that it has created the Amundi Institute…
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San Lie, ASN Impact Investors
Asset Managers
February 15, 2022

San Lie to take helm at ASN Impact Investors

San Lie is to succeed Bas-Jan Blom as Chairman of the Management Board of ASN Impact Investors, the…
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Asset Managers
February 9, 2022

JP Morgan AM applies AI to find climate, biodiversity solutions

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is stepping up its use of artificial intelligence in order to identify…
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Photo via Unsplash.
Asset Managers
February 8, 2022

Avoiding dry powder involves choosing complex investments

Record levels of funds invested into private asset strategies has led to the phenomenon of “too much…
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Queen Maxima. Photo by King Willem-Alexander, via RVD. 
Asset Managers
February 7, 2022

Citing inflation, Máxima wants action on financial literacy

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has called on European financial supervisors to review financial…
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Monique Donders, BlackRock
Asset Managers
February 3, 2022

Listening to stakeholders brings best shareholder value

It is a well-known fact: supertankers do not change their course easily. But once the decision is…
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Asset Managers
February 2, 2022

Cybercrime: funds, pensions seen as prime target 

The NATO-Russia dispute over Ukraine is fought on many boards at once. In addition to the threat of…
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European ESG ranking
Asset Managers
January 31, 2022

Bonds benefit as net fund sales reach low in November

Net sales of investment funds in Europe were at their lowest in November - apart from bonds - as…
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James Purcell, Quintet
Asset Managers
January 25, 2022

Quintet launches new multi-asset, climate neutral fund

Quintet Private Bank today announced the launch of the “world’s first multi-asset, climate-neutral…
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