The global macro environment will continue to be anything but normal over the next five years. Investors will have to tread a volatile and challenging path. “Our expectations for a more volatile macroeconomic and market environment call for low and …

US asset manager Columbia Threadneedle on Monday said it has completed the rebranding of the European activities of BMO Global Asset Management, bringing its products and savings plans together under a single brand. BMO GAM in Europe, the Middle East and …

German consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest level ever, it became clear last week. Never before have German consumers been so negative about the economy and their financial prospects. And Germany is not alone. Far from it. In the United States, …

The sustainable fund market in Luxembourg and other European fund domiciles has continued its strong growth of recent years, but the short-term impact of the Ukraine war has already disrupted the move to a green future. Still, positive developments ar e …

More economic growth means more population growth, according to Thomas Malthus. The demographer and preacher believed that food production is linear and population growth exponential, and as such are the limits to growth. An overpopulated society leads to …

Europe’s asset management industry on Wednesday called on governments across Europe to take additional actions such as introducing new tax incentives to protect retail investors and savers against inflation. Efama, the European fund and asset management …

Private equity is still largely seen as an exclusive club for professional investors. Retail investors can only take part by investing remotely, for example by buying shares in a management company that has a public listing. In the coming years this is …

Luxembourg’s post-Brexit boom in financial sector relocations and foreign direct investment is over, according to an EY study on the Grand Duchy’s attractiveness that was released on Tuesday. Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in Luxembourg witnessed a major …

While most asset classes are recording double-digit losses this year, one corner of the market is holding its own: European emission rights. Global ETF provider KraneShares sees its carbon allowance ETF stand year-to-date at a positive 0.26 percent. …

Luxembourg’s fund industry supports the introduction in new EU retail finance legislation of more lenient 'opt-up’ criteria for retail clients that would give them the same status as professional clients. At the same time, it opposes the creation of a new …

Pimco: next five years will be anything but normal

BMO GAM Emea rebrands as Columbia Threadneedle

Chart of the week: A sudden halt to spending

Sustainable funds grow strongly but face war headwinds

Grow to fight the climate crisis

Efama calls for tax action to shield savers from inflation

Wider access to private equity for HNWIs not without risk

Post-Brexit financial boom in Luxembourg is over, EY says

This asset class still has a positive yield

Alfi supports more lenient ‘opt-up’ rules for retail investors