Blackrock now manages more of European investors’ money than the next two largest asset managers combined after the US-based asset manager saw strong inflows during the first quarter of 2016, according to data provided by Lipper.
Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain have signed a deal to automatically share information on the ultimate owners of companies in the latest move to tackle the growing use of international financial centers to dodge taxes.
Retail investors in the UK are now paying over a fifth less in annual fund fees as a result of the introduction of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR), according to analysis by online investment platform rplan.
Multi-asset funds lost money for the second consecutive month in February, for the first time since March 2009. Funds that invest mainly in bonds have been bleeding most of late, while medium-risk funds actually saw net inflows.
The Swedish central bank’s surprise announcement that it has pushed interest rates further into negative territory is the latest piece in what is an increasingly worrying puzzle.
While fund managers across asset classes endorse the value of long-term investing, it is natural to question whether these individuals themselves practice what they preach.
Net capital outflows from emerging markets reached an all-time high of $735bn (€674bn) in 2015, up almost sevenfold compared to 2014, according to a study conducted by the International Institute of Finance (IIF). The bulk of the outflows relate to China.
European insurers are unlikely to be able to generate sufficient investment returns in future to meet the guaranteed rates offered on many of their regular savings products, according to a new survey by Standard Life Investments.
As Last Word Media prepares to celebrate its first 10 years in business, here is our look back at some of the biggest changes in the past decade.
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National legislators and regulators will all implement the MiFID II directive differently. Since this creates complications for international asset managers, the European Fund and Asset Management Association (Efama) wants an extension of the deadline for full implementation of MiFiD II, which is currently set at January 2017.
Risk-on sentiment has returned for the first time in ten weeks according to fund flow data from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
