Growth in the Asian stock market no longer comes from big tech companies. The best growth opportunities now lie in young, smaller technology companies and in the rapidly emerging healthcare sector, says Albert Kwok, manager of the PGIM Jennison Emerging …

Luxembourg’s third-party management companies (ManCos) are increasingly positioning themselves as regulatory problem solvers for all types of asset manager. This appears to be a burgeoning niche for the Luxembourg fund and asset servicing industry. ‘I see …

Investors have always worried about what rising bond yields mean for markets. But today, such fears appear unfounded, argues Daniele Antonucci, Chief Economist at Quintet Private Bank. Back in the 1990s, investors worried about a spike in bond yields if …

Le marché belge des produits durables connaît actuellement une croissance plus rapide que le marché néerlandais, qui est déjà plus établi. La gestion thématique est une branche en forte croissance dans tous les domaines, et le Luxembourg peut profiter du …

Wall Street is greenwashing finance. It has turned sustainable investment into little more than a PR stunt, and this undermines the fight against the global climate problem, according to Tariq Fancy, a former BlackRock chief investment officer. Fancy, who …

Small caps have shown stellar performance this year, helped by an improved economic outlook. Valuations have risen, so are there still opportunities for investors? We asked Jan Willem Berghuis, head of small caps at Kempen Capital Management. In recent …

iShares has won the 2021 Morningstar Luxembourg Award for Best Fund House Overall. It’s the first time a passive asset manager wins the overall award. According to Morningstar analyst Ronald van Genderen, the award means iShares has simply produced the …

The AIFMD may not be perfect but it is pretty good, so please don’t reform it after the current on-going review by the Commmission. This was the uniform message from a discussion at the ALFI European Asset Management conference on 16 March. On the topic …

Under the partnership, through its digital platform Moonfare will provide access to private market strategies for Fidelity’s institutional and wholesale clients. Fidelity says it is responding to ‘increasing demand from its investors for alternative …

The Amundi European Equities ESG Improvers Fund differs from other ESG funds in the sense that it does not necessarily invest in ‘expensive’ ESG leaders. ‘We try to identify the ESG leaders of tomorrow that have only relatively recently started to make …

‘Asia: growth shifts from big tech to niche players'

Third-party ManCos evolve into ‘governance solution providers’

No reason for yield-phobia

Naïm Abou-Jaoudé : "L'ISR se développe désormais plus vite en Belgique qu'aux Pays-Bas"

Former BlackRock CIO denounces Wall Street "greenwashing"

‘We create most alpha by re-investing in the existing portfolio’

iShares wins Morningstar Best Fund House Award

‘Don’t touch AIFMD!’ say asset managers

Fidelity takes stake in private markets platform Moonfare

New Amundi fund targets tomorrow's ESG leaders