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June 14, 2022
Opinion

Graph of the week: the ECB's impossible task

Even before the European Central Bank has ended the current buying programme, ECB members are already working on a possible next programme. If you are still wondering whether the ECB's policy might look different now that inflation is at record levels, …
June 14, 2022
Opinion

In Flux: Who’s afraid of private equity?

Is private equity, like Amundi’s Chief Investment Officer Vincent Mortier recently said, a Ponzi scheme? Or is there another reason to fear this asset class? Luxembourg’s private equity business has experienced a boom in recent years as the Grand Duchy’s …
June 13, 2022
Asset Allocation,Wealth Managers

Britain's Warren Buffett: 'Doing nothing is hard'

British asset manager Fundsmith follows a simple strategy: invest in strong companies, don't pay too much and then keep them in the portfolio, preferably forever. Fundsmith is one of Britain's most notable asset managers. It was founded in 2010 by Terry …
June 13, 2022
News,Investing

War, economic downturn hurt fund sales

Firms selling Ucits and alternative investment funds are experiencing a downturn linked to the dire international economic situation, the war in Ukraine and the lockdown in China. Investor demand for these types of funds has dropped sharply, according to …
June 10, 2022
News

'We are in a struggle between authoritarianism and democracy'

Hillary Clinton, former US State Secretary, took the stage on Friday at the 2022 Amundi World Investment Forum in Paris to share her views on some of the biggest geopolitical challenges that the world is facing today. “We are in a struggle between …
June 10, 2022
Asset Allocation,Products

Top 5: US equity funds risk-adjusted

Over the past five years, US equities have shown superior performance. Measured over the five years ending May 2022, the S&P 500 index achieved an annualised total return of 13.9% in euros, compared with 10.8% for the MSCI World index. The return of the …
June 10, 2022
Sector

ECB prepares rate hike for July, ends asset purchases

The ECB has decided to raise interest rates for the first time in eleven years in an attempt to tackle persistent inflation. Asset purchases will also be halted from 1 July. The decision made in Amsterdam on Thursday marks the end of a long-standing …
June 9, 2022
Asset Managers

‘Eurozone spreads risk becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy’

Pascal Blanqué, Chairman of the Amundi Institute and former Chief Investment Officer at Amundi, on Thursday said he believes that market thinking behind widening spreads among eurozone government bond yields poses a risk of becoming a self-fulfilling …
June 9, 2022
Events,Laws and Regulations

The EU’s Capital Markets Union: ready for the next push

It’s been nearly a decade since the European Commission set out its ambitious plans for a Capital Markets Union (CMU), diversifying sources of funding in Europe’s economy. Progress so far has been slow and Brussels now has conceded it needs help to …
June 9, 2022
Investing,Opinion

Han Dieperink: equity market may fall further

Since 1926, the S&P 500 index has fallen by more than 20 percent fifteen times. On average, the index fell 34 percent in seventeen months during such a period. As many as eleven of the fifteen times the market paused somewhere between 15 and 20 percent …