Deutsche Bank Belgium aims to position itself as a global player and to expand further in the private & wealth management segment. Local presence is important. The distinguishing factor compared to other private banks and wealth managers is that Deutsche …

Guy Wagner of Banque de Luxembourg Investments believes that Western economies will emerge weakened by the health crisis, with higher inflation and huge private debt. His fund is defensively positioned, despite an equity exposure close to 70% of assets …

The pandemic has put the resilience of the big city in the spotlight. The need to protect cities against the challenges of this century remains as great as ever. Schroders is therefore investing in real estate projects in the cities of the future. They …

BlackRock, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Pictet Asset Management and Robeco were announced as the major category winners of the 2021 Broadridge Distribution Achievement Awards, presented at the ALFI Global Distribution Conference held on 21 and 22 …

Not all European regulations are good. Under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), part of the EU Green Deal, asset managers must disclose information on sustainability. The objective is thus more transparency and openness in this area. …

Managers of active funds, including hedge funds, are under increasing pressure to back up their investment ideas and performance with qualitative data. By using data science, they can better justify the level of their fees. That's according to a survey …

A recently-introduced German initiative to make that country a more attractive domicile for investment funds through a new regime promoting the formation of development impact funds should not pose a challenge to Luxembourg’s fund industry, has argued …

Oddo BHF Asset Management and Métropole Gestion announce the acquisition by Oddo BHF Asset Management SAS of 100% of the share capital of Metropole Gestion, subject to approval by the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF). This was learned by …

Andrea Carzana of Columbia Threadneedle has said the firm believes that it is now necessary to be exposed to the leaders of the future in terms of a sustainable investment strategy, and to focus on groups that are in the process of making a sustainable …

Floods, the Shell verdict, EU climate plans: climate change is coming to you and is increasingly becoming a factor in investment decisions. How do you deal with it? Quantification is difficult, but that makes the opportunity for fundamental investors all …

Deutsche Bank Belgium: quality research and advice make the difference

BLI’s Guy Wagner sees a second inflation wave risk

The future of real estate in data

ALFI announces annual Broadridge Awards at conference

Comment: SFDR, confusion keeps us grey

Explosion of data both at gatekeeper and asset manager

No impact from new German impact fund regime

Oddo BHF Asset Management and Metropole Gestion to merge

Columbia Threadneedle: Europe has sustainability edge

Climate transition offers fundamental investors opportunities