Poll shows low adoption of smart beta ESG funds
Less than a quarter of investors are using dedicated smart beta ESG strategies, according to study.
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Task force set up to recover assets from Sicav ‘scam fund’
A Swiss-based private partnership created to help those who have suffered losses of assets and money from financial companies has launched a task force to recover money from the failed Columna Commodities Fund.
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Gam suspends €9.5bn bonds boss amid probe
Swiss asset manager reportedly concerned that Tim Haywood may have made large investments in illiquid debt securities without the required due diligence and risk control reports.
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‘What are the fundamental needs of the end investor?’
Christian Pellis, global head of third-party distributors at Amundi, discusses the changing relationship between fund buyers and managers, and the idea that just ‘selling funds’ may not have much of a future.
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HSBC offers MSCI China A Ucits ETF
MSCI is in the process of adding about 230 China-listed shares to its emerging market benchmark.
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Investec offers alternative investment Ucits range
The move to expand Luxembourg-domiciled fund range comes at a time when many asset managers are rejigging their international distribution strategies as Brexit looms.
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Global fund selector EM demand weakens further
Sentiment towards emerging market equities among fund selectors across Asia has declined significantly following similar slump among European selectors, according to Last Word data.
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Infrastructure assets in favour despite sell-off
Infrastructure funds have seen outflows for the first time in a decade but this has not discouraged pan-European fund selectors who are big fans of the asset class, according to Last Word Research.
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ECB keeps rates on hold
Central bank bank expects to keep rates on hold at record low levels until summer 2019 and reaffirmed plans to wind up bond-buying programme in December.
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EU firms passporting to run till 2022 in event of no-deal
Backstop plan proposes that in the event of no Brexit transition period passporting rules will continue for further three years
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Fund sales in Europe plummet in 1H
Total fund sales for the first half of year across Europe was €59.8bn about six times lower than €362.4bn first-half sales in 2017. But ETF market share hits record high, according to Thomson Reuters Lipper data.
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Financial investigator targets Luxembourg-domiciled “scam fund”
Columna Commodities fund pretended to invest in range of commodity-linked assets when in reality the bulk of money invested in the Sicav sub-fund had been loaned to a Hong Kong shell company.