Capital Group | Investors reveal their top ESG roadblocks
As demand for ESG investing grows, the lack of consistent and robust data remains among the biggest challenges for institutional and wholesale investors globally.
Green light for PRIIPs KID
Goodbye to the UCITS KIID and hello to the PRIIPs KID for UCITS and retail AIFs. The European Parliament approved on Tuesday the legislation introducing the Packaged Retail Investment and Insurance-based Products Key Information Document (PRIIPs KID.
Economist's view: what lies behind the curve
Rising house prices, records in the stock markets, extremely expensive bond markets and a new high for bitcoin have caused the total assets of American households to rise by an unprecedented 20 percent in one year. That is more than the total GDP of the United States, expected to reach $21.5 trillion this year.
Carmignac Portfolio Flexible Bond in the spotlight
How can we combine value creation and socially responsible investing in an increasingly complex bond environment?
Which bank you invest with matters
There is still no uniform European investor protection as envisaged by MiFID II, according to research conducted by Ronald Janssen of Ortec Finance and Tom Loonen of the Free University of Amsterdam in a survey of 25 European private banks. Their research shows that private banks in Europe have different approaches to the concept of Know Your Customer (KYC) and use different levels of detail in implementing it. Also, that none of the banks has a fully digitalised process.
Luxembourg, Netherlands reap SPAC benefit after US downturn
European financial centres are competing to benefit from rapid growth in SPAC investment vehicles on this side of the Atlantic after they came under regulatory fire in the United States. The Netherland’s Euronext leads in numbers, but Luxembourg attracts those with particular tax needs.
Ocean life a growing investment area
One of the least invested topics of the world goals set by the United Nations is “life in the water”. With the ocean responsible for every second breath we take and more commitment from the European Commission on this SDG in the offing, things might be about to change, according to Paul Buchwitz, who manages the DWS Concept ESG Blue Economy equity fund.
Research: country-based real estate funds outperform
When investing in unlisted real estate, funds that focus on a single country or on a separate sector within a country outperform funds that diversify across countries and/or sectors, according to a Cambridge University study. By contrast, real estate funds that focus purely on one sector do not outperform diversified funds. This research was named the best of 2021 by industry body Inrev.
PGIM Investments: Back to growth realities
Jennison Associates’ , a PGIM Business, Mark Baribeau, CFA highlights four realities supporting a continued growth stock rally and secular trends reshaping the future.
UBS AM: Markets underestimate the sturdiness of economic fundamentals
Investors are underestimating the sturdiness of economic fundamentals, that predict higher nominal GDP growth in this cycle, says Evan Brown, global chief strategist at UBS Asset Management in his latest Macro Monthly.