Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland’s housing prices will stabilise this year despite corrections, though it is too early to call an end to Europe’s housing boom as residential construction still lags demographic factors in most of the region’s cities, according to Scope Investor Services.
The private bank has received regulatory approval to operate a wealth management subsidiary in Luxembourg.
An over reliance on data filtering is not enough to make sustainable investment decisions that hold up to scrutiny, says a Swedish fund selector.
Lazard Asset Management has launched a commodities Ucits as a response to investor concerns over duration risk and rising inflationary pressures.
Discretionary fund managers say asset classes rather than geographies will be the best source of safety if the US unleashes a full-blown trade war.
Polar Capital follows PineBridge and Hermes in establishing business development operations into the region.
Digital service SaxoSelect enables clients to invest in pre-selected portfolios.
The move is part of a growing trend of Asia-based asset managers offering funds in Europe.
Pimco’s fixed income funds attracted more than double the inflows of rivals over the last decade despite significant outflows after Bill Gross’ departure.
Norway’s central bank, Norges Bank, has excluded four companies from its Government Pension Fund on ethical recommendations by its Council of Ethics.
More than two thirds of European fund selectors are willing to suffer one year or more of underperformance in an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy, according to our research.
Impact investing, as a dedicated niche of sustainable investing, is under threat by greenwashing from mainstream asset managers, specialists warn.
