Some 41% of interviewees told us they will (further) increase their allocation to European equities. This is similar to last September, but with the important difference that all fund buyers we met have increased their allocation to European equities in the meantime. So those who will decrease their allocation will do that from an overweight…
Private investors in the Netherlands and Sweden are much more comfortable with risk-taking than their counterparts in the rest of Europe.
Socially responsible investing (SRI) has gained most foothold in France and The Netherlands, as differences across Europe remain enormous.
Dinant Wansink of Delta Lloyd Asset Management gives EIE’s senior reporter Tjibbe Hoekstra his assessment of the investment implications of the ECB’s recent slashing of interest rates.
Fund selectors in The Netherlands like to protect themselves against market volatility by investing in smart beta strategies.
Fund selectors in The Netherlands prefer value over growth stocks not only in developed markets, but even in the emerging market equity space.
Ramon Tol explains how Dutch pension scheme Blue Sky Group goes about in selecting external managers.
The ban on commission fees, introduced in January this year, does not seem to have shaken the investor community in The Netherlands.
The Dutch fund selector community is split about which developed equities to buy.
The inducement ban does not seem to have shaken the investor community in The Netherlands to the extent many had expected.
Fund selectors in The Netherlands are almost unequivocal in their enthusiasm for emerging market equities.
A small majority of retail investors in The Netherlands feel the costs charged by their investment providers have become more transparent this year.
