Schroders’ first Eltif assigned Article 8 status under SFDR

Schroders Capital on Wednesday said it has launched its first European Long-Term Investment Fund, or Eltif. The fund is called the Schroders Capital Private Equity Eltif 2023 and is classified as a ‘green’ Article 8 under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.

Schroders Capital Private Equity Eltif 2023 will focus on lower and mid-market private equity buyout and growth investments primarily in Europe but with the flexibility to allocate to non-European companies with high operating exposure to Europe, the firm said.

BlackRock has ‘aggressive plans’ for the Eltif market

The market for European long term investment funds, or Eltifs, is set to triple in the coming years as high-net-worth clients increasingly look to diversify their portfolios by increasing their exposure to private markets, according to US fund manager BlackRock. “We have, I would say, aggressive plans to expand.”

Top 5 des fonds d’actions internationales à dividende

Alors que les actions de croissance ont véritablement dominé pendant de nombreuses années, les fonds d’actions à dividende acquéraient petit à petit une dimension presque décorative. Les investisseurs s’étaient en effet rués en masse sur la technologie, l’e-commerce et l’Internet, des secteurs qui ont atteint des sommets en Bourse, portés notamment par la crise sanitaire, puis la largesse des banques centrales.

Efama reports Є278 bln in fund outflows for last year, ETFs strong

European Ucits and AIF investment funds experienced net outflows of 278 billion euro last year, the biggest level since the financial crisis of 2008, according to industry statistics compiled by the European Fund and Asset Management Association, Efama. In 2021 these funds managed to attract 888 billion euro in new sales.

Top 5 des entrées de l'article 9 : GMO en tête

Le règlement sur la divulgation des informations relatives au financement durable a fêté son deuxième anniversaire en mars. Bien qu’il ait rapidement acquis l’image d’un label de durabilité, son objectif réel était de fournir un cadre pour communiquer la mesure dans laquelle la durabilité joue un rôle dans un fonds d’investissement. Les règles ajustées qui sont entrées en vigueur en janvier 2023 ont provoqué des remous dans le paysage des fonds durables.

Top 5: GMO Climate Select leads inflows into Article 9

The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation marks its second anniversary next month. Although it was quickly adopted as a sustainability label, its actual purpose was to provide a framework for communicating the extent to which sustainability plays a role within an investment fund. Adjusted rules that took effect in January 2023 caused a stir in the sustainable fund landscape.

All of Europe’s PE market participants now under one roof

LPeC, an international association for listed private capital, has become part of Invest Europe, the Brussels-based trade association for the European private equity, venture capital and infrastructure sectors. LPeC will continue as Invest Europe’s Listed Private Capital Roundtable.