« L'impact doit devenir une partie intégrante du marché »

L’organisation faîtière Impact Finance Belgium vise à ce que 10 % de tous les actifs sous gestion en Belgique soient investis selon une stratégie d’impact. « Pour accélérer l’investissement d’impact, diverses formes de capital doivent coopérer davantage. »

‘Private credit will eclipse equity in the next decade’

Despite rapid development, private credit is still in its very early growth stages. Despite macroeconomic and cyclical challenges, Jiři Król, the deputy CEO of the Alternative Investment Management Association, sees private credit catching up to the much larger private equity in the next 10 years. He also sees huge potential development from the reformed European long-term investment fund vehicle (Eltif).

Les frais des fonds d'investissement fluctuent fortement, mais diminuent

Les frais des fonds d’investissement UCITS pour les investisseurs sont devenus plus volatils en 2022 ; sur 10 ans, toutefois, ils ont baissé. 
Une analyse réalisée par le cabinet d’étude britannique Fitz Partners sur quelque 40 000 catégories de distribution de fonds d’investissement montre que pour 35 % des fonds dont les frais courants ont été modifiés l’année dernière, le changement s’est fait à la hausse. 

Fund costs more volatile, especially in institutional equity

Despite increasing pressure from EU securities supervisors to lower the costs of investment funds and provide value for money, more than one third of funds have witnessed an increase in their charges to investors during 2022, with institutional equity funds leading the charge, according to data on around 40,000 fund share classes analysed by Fitz Partners. 

I do not regret that my crypto investments lost money

It was 2020, and there were countless stories of young investors becoming millionaires overnight by investing in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. I didn’t want to miss out, so I decided to invest a modest amount of 2500 euros.

Curiosity

The possibility of becoming a millionaire was enticing, but I also saw this as a way to educate myself about a ‹new› concept called blockchain. This technology was the foundation of cryptocurrencies and was set to transform countless industries.

A new generation of active ETFs takes the market by storm

Even Ciaran Fitzpatrick, head of ETF servicing Europe at State Street, is surprised to see phenomenally strong growth in true active ETFs this year. The latest generation of ETF products, also dubbed ‘ETF 3.0’, is rapidly making its way into portfolios of both institutional and retail investors. The US is leading but Europe is not far behind.