In Liechtenstein, VanEck shapes tomorrow’s fund management
In 2020, VanEck chose Liechtenstein to lay the foundation for its first crypto investments. Since then, the crypto team has expanded significantly. According to VanEck, this is a preview of what the future of fund management may look like.
Europe’s fund market faces a major shake-up under SFDR 2
Europe’s fund market is on the brink of a major reshuffle. Under SFDR 2.0, the European Commission’s revised sustainability rulebook, non-sustainable Article 6 funds are set to become the dominant category at the expense of the most popular sustainability category, Article 8.
Quiet shifts, lasting impact: Opportunities in Japanese small-caps
In Japanese small-caps some changes may not be making headlines, but are reshaping the opportunity set for patient investors.
Office REITs at historical high discount : structural shift or market mispricing?
Since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, office Real Estate companies have continued to struggle on the stock market. They are underperforming the Eurozone Real Estate index across all sectors.
Private markets shift forces pension funds to scale up
At the World Pensions Conference in London, experts pointed to Australia and Canada as models Europe can no longer ignore when it comes to investing in private markets.
Chart of the week: the unfair fight of stablecoins
The ECB has given stablecoins a place in its Financial Stability Review. In a report containing the term stability assessment, you would expect the focus to be mainly on risks, but even then the ECB’s approach is striking. The unapologetic desire to favor the traditional banking sector is more than telling.
Morningstar: Vanguard vs Dimensional in 60/40 funds
The classic 60/40 investment strategy is still alive and well, though its merits have been a matter of debate in recent years.
COP30, entre ambitions climatiques et politisation des enjeux ESG
À l’approche de la COP30 le 10 nov., les rapports montrent des progrès depuis l’Accord de Paris, mais l’impact des nouvelles ambitions nationales reste flou. Que peut-on attendre de ce sommet climatique clé ?
The Passive Paradox: how index funds distort the market and harm investors
For decades, we have embraced the rise of passive investing (hammock investing) as the ultimate democratization of the financial markets. The gospel of low costs, broad diversification, and market returns seemed infallible. But while passive assets under management have climbed to astronomical levels, a wave of critical academic research reveals a troubling paradox: the instrument designed to help investors may be structurally distorting the market and ultimately diminishing their wealth.
How Brussels regulated sustainability to death
It was a master plan. The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation was supposed to send massive private capital flows into green investments, finance the Green Deal, and allow Europe to set an example for the rest of the world. Not a nonbinding directive, but an ambitious framework meant to discipline the financial sector and crush greenwashing.