Asset Servicing

In private credit, institutional investors face their biggest risk not in the asset class itself, but in selecting the general partner. Interviews with private market insiders suggest the real danger is a lack of scrutiny of managers.

The European Union’s push to simplify financial reporting faces a complex reality, with industry leaders warning that streamlining requirements will likely hike costs before delivering relief.

The traditional 60/40 portfolio is dead, long live the 60/40 portfolio.

It’s December, and so the focus is shifting to 2026. As always, this comes with a wave of outlooks that are, unfortunately, often already partly outdated by the time the new year begins. Still, a dynamic is now unfolding that could lead to quite a bit of fireworks next year.

Global flexible bond strategies cover a wide range of different approaches. Investors should tread them with caution.

Van Lanschot Kempen is upgrading its investment infrastructure by adopting Amundi’s Alto platform, a move designed to simplify workflows and bring front- and middle-office functions closer together, the Dutch wealth manager told Investment Officer.

While ESG may be politically sensitive, Invesco reports that inflows continue to build. Natixis IM’s US Media Summit in New York showed just how sharply opinions on the theme diverge across the Atlantic.

Buy-and-hold and active management remain the preferred investment strategies among family offices in the Benelux. More than half of their portfolios are allocated to private equity and listed equities.

According to Jan Saalfrank and Lous Vervuurt at Pinsent Masons, the Commission’s long-awaited SFDR reform introduces sharper definitions, stronger disclosures and stricter greenwashing safeguards, a step set to reverberate across Europe’s sustainable finance industry and Luxembourg.