Value benefits from AI fatigue and rising Taiwan tensions
U.S. large-cap stocks are extending their rally into the new year, but a growing number of asset managers are entering 2026 with a more cautious view on expensive artificial intelligence bets. Many start to see better opportunities in value stocks.
Morningstar: Robeco versus MFS in global equities
While the average fund in the Global Large-Cap Blend Equity Morningstar category eked out a 5.8 percent gain in 2025, it was hardly an easy year for investors. Tariff turmoil, geopolitical tensions, and demanding valuations weighed on sentiment.
Semi-transparent ETFs target free-riding on investment strategies
European asset managers are increasingly looking at semi-transparent ETFs to reduce the risk of intellectual property leakage. However, the relatively new vehicle has yet to generate unanimous enthusiasm.
Transfers: Jewell named CIO fundamental equities at Blackrock
This week’s international overview of appointments and transfers in the industry.
The global economy continued its moderate growth in 2025 despite higher tariffs
Despite the disruptions caused by the tariff measures implemented over the past year, the global economy continued to follow a path of moderate growth, note Guy Wagner and his team in their latest monthly market report "Highlights".
On Wall Street, one type of colleague remains ‘problematic’: the woman
EEOC interim chair Andrea Lucas has urged white men who feel discriminated against at work to file a federal complaint. “Are you a white man who has been disadvantaged at work because of your race or gender? Then you may be able to get money back,” Lucas said in a video on X. Act quickly, is the message.
Protectionist reflexes still stand in the way of Europe’s champions
The failed partnership between Italy’s Generali and France’s BPCE is more than a collapsed deal in European asset management. It exposes how challenging it remains for Europe to build financial scale once a project becomes truly cross-border, and how protectionist reflexes, legal uncertainty and unfinished integration can combine to smother a transaction.
What remains of ‘Who cares wins’? ESG after 25 years in perspective
What began as a tool for measuring risks evolved into a normative framework, only to return under political pressure to its core: the G. After 25 years, ESG has come of age, but not without scars.
Venezuela, Greenland and the return of spheres of influence
When United States forces seized President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, the political shock was immediate. The market reaction was not. Oil prices barely moved, investors stayed largely on the sidelines and attention quickly shifted from what had happened in Caracas to what it might reveal about how Washington now intends to wield power beyond its borders.
White House reins in proxy firms, curbing shareholder power
The US government is moving to scale back the influence of proxy advisers ISS and Glass Lewis, casting the firms as ‘foreign-owned political actors’.