Asset Managers

EFAMA’s Tanguy van de Werve says securitisation can help reconnect investors with the real economy, if Brussels can manage to deliver clarity, proportionate rules, and trust.

Two major European cross-border asset management relationships are losing momentum, with Italian financial groups reassessing their reliance on French partners.

Triodos Investment Management is betting that nature-based solutions, still a niche segment, will mature into a full-fledged asset class within the next decade.

US asset managers are finding common ground on one point: the short end of the U.S. Treasury curve is where investors should be. The reasoning behind that stance, however, differs sharply.

Van Lanschot Kempen is preparing to enter the active ETF market through a new partnership with State Street Investment Management. The Amsterdam-based boutique, known for its smallcap and euro credit strategies, will rely on State Street’s infrastructure and distribution networks to launch its first exchange-traded funds within six to nine months.

The groundbreaking acquisition of AXA Investment Managers by BNP Paribas is becoming increasingly concrete on the ground. In Brussels, AXA IM Benelux is being dissolved after nearly thirty years. The branch in Amsterdam will also disappear.

Tokenized funds will overtake traditional structures within five years, says Keyrock CEO Kevin de Patoul, citing cheaper, transparent, inevitable on-chain vehicles.

Degroof Petercam sees many new opportunities for international cooperation following its takeover by the French Indosuez, said CEO Sylvie Huret in an interview with Investment Officer. Not only within Indosuez, but in the wider ecosystem of parent group Crédit Agricole, which also includes fund giant Amundi.

Strong inflows at Amundi, Natixis, DWS and Allianz show investors’ appetite for income strategies. But equity outflows and margin pressure reveal an industry split between volume growth and conviction.

Allianz GI and JP Morgan AM take different paths to multi-asset income: one prioritises yield, the other favours balance. Morningstar compares their approach.