Jaap Bouma – Tailoring to the smaller things
Optimix’s Jaap Bouma explains why he prefers entrusting his client portfolios to small boutique managers.
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Optimix’s Jaap Bouma explains why he prefers entrusting his client portfolios to small boutique managers.
Mifid II is, even before implementation, already triggering plenty of unease amongst Europe’s asset management industry.
The person every fund manager wants to meet: Rishma Moennasing, Rabobank’s equity fund selector. By Will Jackson
The 2013 Expert Investor Netherlands event happened last week, in which a record number of fund buyers came not only from Amsterdam, but Rotterdam, Den Haag, Utrecht and further afield to discuss the latest investment ideas
The voting results from fund selectors in Amsterdam, in September 2013
Two-thirds of Netherlands-based fund selectors plan to increase their European equity allocations over the next 12 months
Commission ban hoves into view
Affluent Europeans aged 50-70 consider inflation the biggest financial threat to their standard of living in retirement, a survey has found
As alternative beta products become available to smaller investors, what are the potential benefits and pitfalls of the approach? By Will Jackson
At an Amsterdam roundtable debate chaired by Expert Investor Europe editor Dylan Emery, four key Dutch pension scheme decision makers discussed their attitudes to currency risk, the growing pressures they face from politicians, and the proposed EU financial transaction tax
Dutch fund selectors are living up to expectations. More than half of delegates surveyed at the Expert Investor Netherlands conference in September 2011, planned to increase their investment grade corporate bond allocations during the following 12 months – the strongest positive response on any mainstream asset class (see graph 1). In July, our researchers found…
Dutch investors are maintaining a balanced approach to any investment over the recent months. Many are keen to get back into the various opportunities that present themselves, but volatility and risk aversion keeps them from changing their current allocations dramatically. At the end of March 2011, total assets in Dutch insurers and pension funds was…