A mix of erratic political choices has chipped away at confidence in Washington. Yet, as the economic backdrop remains stubbornly solid, the case for US assets is alive and kicking, America’s largest investors say. The sell-off that followed a spike in …

Schroders has appointed Guillaume Lendormy as head of cross-border financial institutions, a newly created role starting May 4. He will lead the firm’s global client strategy for large institutions operating across multiple jurisdictions and report to …

Fund administrator Trustmoore has acquired the fundtech platform Assetcare, the company—primarily active in the Netherlands and Luxembourg—announced on Wednesday. Amsterdam-based Assetcare will continue to operate under its own name. Trustmoore employs …

A wave of massive initial public offerings, including SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI, is set to hit US equity markets just as index providers move to fast-track their inclusion. Asset managers expect this combination could inject fresh volatility into …

Asset managers and financial planners need to focus more explicitly on heirs in the run-up to the “Great Wealth Transfer” in order to limit asset outflows and safeguard their own future. They should, in fact, behave more like a family office. That is …

A dozen major European banks have joined forces to offer a euro stablecoin to clients by the end of this year. “We have a better chance of creating a broadly supported stablecoin than fintechs,” said Floris Lugt, CFO of Qivalis, the joint venture that …

While the whole world was watching the Serena Hotel in Islamabad, where the ceasefire negotiations on Iran were taking place, the real news last week unfolded 6,000 kilometers away. In the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Xi Jinping shook hands with …

The conflict in the Middle East hit financial markets less hard than expected. Rabobank strategist Mary Pieterse-Bloem sees in that not just relief, but a risk. Mary Pieterse-Bloem had expected a bigger blow. When the war broke out, the head of …

The new chief executive of Europe’s quietly ambitious private bank starts work this week. His profile suggests a fixer. The question is what he intends to fix. When Thomas Heinzl walks into the group headquarters of Quintet Private Bank (70.3 billion euro …

I have been watching the financial markets with some amazement for the past few weeks. A US president threatening the eradication of an entire society, while equity markets remain largely unchanged. Then a fresh TACO triggers a recovery rally of several …

Selling America is misreading of bigger picture, US managers say

Transfers: Schroders, LHoFT, Feri, Goldman Sachs

Trustmoore acquires Assetcare

Galactic American IPOs set to test passive investors as index rules shift

‘Wealth transfer increases risk of outflows for advisors’

‘Euro stablecoin stands or falls with support from major banks’

Beijing’s handshake

Investors are getting used to war. That worries Pieterse-Bloem.

Heinzl takes helm at Quintet as cost pressure defines next phase

Chart of the week: inflation peak