Even after 40 percent of the EU’s most sustainable fund assets was downgraded during the fourth quarter, managers of investment funds with an outspoken sustainability profile are still not sure whether their funds meet the requirements for ESG investments …

Marion Le Morhedec is global head of fixed income at AXA Investment Management. For this edition of IO’s Portfolio Update she spoke with Investment Officer ’s Max Severijns. Markets are focusing too much on monetary policy and too little on factors that …

Investing is a game of relative things, at least if you do it right. Whether you have a short or long horizon, somewhere the question arises as to which asset classes are actually the most attractive. And since central banks have made it a sport since …

Third-party assets in ABN Amro Investment Solutions’ funds and mandate solutions have been rising since October 2020, with 30 percent of assets under management now coming from clients other than ABN Amro. Meanwhile, the fund house is focusing on its …

Hugo Lasat has been at the helm of Belgian private bank Degroof Petercam for almost a year and a half. The biggest challenge of a bank CEO is constantly being in decision mode, he said in an interview with Investment Officer . “Procrastination is not …

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF on Friday brought attention to a warning from the grand duchy’s cyber security authorities which said an “alarming situation” has been created because more than 500 computer servers have not yet been updated with a …

After years of dominance by growth stocks, dividend funds had slowly become the wallflowers of the investment universe. Investors flocked to technology, e-commerce and internet companies, which emerged as the stars in the stock market firmament partly due …

Luxembourg’s fund and asset management association Alfi has told Europe’s financial markets supervisor Esma that its proposed rules on the use of ESG-related names in fund names lack clarity and will render the marketing of these funds more difficult. …

A single ticker tape for every stock and bond traded in Europe. That idea is part of the EU’s long-term ambitions for a Capital Markets Union, a plan being launched in fits and starts. With the endorsement of almost all European stock exchanges, the …

While the smokescreens on the greenwashing battlefield have yet to lift, a new headache file has presented itself in financial markets: the impact of artificial intelligence on market participants and regulators. On that front, transparency is “zero”, …

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Portfolio Update with Marion Le Morhedec, AXA IM

Chart of the Week: Cash is King!

AAIS keen to expand it ESG offering outside ABN Amro

CEO DeGroof Petercam: ‘My importance is overrated’

Cyber: CSSF echos ‘alarming’ warning on server updates

Morningstar Top 5: VanEck leads global dividend funds

Alfi: Esma approach to ESG-related fund names lacks clarity

Consolidated tape remains a challenge as industry disagrees

Artificial intelligence: Esma fears lack of transparency