Dividend payments fell by a record 22% in the second quarter, hitting their lowest level in eight years, according to the latest Global Dividend Index from Janus Henderson Investors. Europe and the UK were the worst affected regions. Back in May , the …

En dépit d’une pandémie mondiale qui a principalement touché les classes les plus âgées et fragiles de la population, Rothschild Asset Management continue de croire dans sa stratégie R-co Thematic Silver Plus, qui vient de fêter ses dix années …

The German DAX Index has recovered remarkably quickly from the corona slump. Moreover, it’s the best-performing equity market in Europe this year. Germany is benefiting from its pro-active corona approach and the pick-up in economic activity in China, its …

Central banks and governments around the world are once again engaged in a 'currency devaluation' contest. The US dollar has been on a sharp downward trend in recent weeks. This has had a significant impact on financial and real assets. The chart below, …

Financial and insurance businesses in Luxembourg have been denied access to the Covid-19 partial unemployment aid. They are also ineligible for the new package to support the economic recovery. When Luxembourg implemented partial unemployment on 18 March …

The investment industry's high expectations of robo advice and the use of blockchain technology have not yet been met. For now, robo advisers have failed to make a decisive breakthrough, according to research by the CFA Institute among more than 250 of …

I n mid-July, Bloomberg published a revealing, or if you wish, shocking message: a list of the fifteen ultimate corona crisis stock market winners. The top-10 consists of ten men, almost all of them 50+ and almost all of them are American. The world’s …

The European Commission will relax a number of financial market rules to enable stock exchanges to play a greater role in the recovery from the coronavirus crisis. The removal of the ban on the distribution of research on small stock exchange funds for …

The market value of big technology companies such as Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet (Google) have risen much faster than the market average over the past decade. Christophe Braun, Investment Specialist at Capital Group, believes these …

The shift from public to private investments among insurers is continuing and the coronavirus crisis has not changed that so far. The crisis has, however, emphasised the added value of managing risk budgets rather than maintaining strict limits on …

Dividend pay-outs fall by almost a quarter

"La pandémie n’a affecté les stratégies basées sur le vieillissement"

'DAX benefits from pro-active German Covid-19 approach’

It's the dollar, stupid!

Finance industry excluded from Covid-19 benefits

Research: robo advisers yet to make breakthrough

Big tech wins big in crisis

EU relaxes financial market rules to support recovery

The Big Tech story: can the biggest get even bigger?

Crisis drives insurer shift to flexible investment strategy