Closures of thematic investment funds were marginally ahead of new launches globally in the first half of 2024 and it was the first time in 11 years that closures outpaced launches. Thematic funds, ...

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (Efama), the voice of the European investment management industry, has responded to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (Esma) latest ...

Greater geopolitical risks and continued volatility in public markets are major factors driving institutional investors to increase allocation to private markets over the next two years, according to ...

Assets in the Global ETF industry reached a new record high of $14.46tn at the end of September – beating the previous record of $13.99tn at the end of August. According to a report from the ...

Catriona Marshall, former head of sustainable finance at the OECD, has become head of sustainable investment for fund manager Comgest. At the OECD – the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...

From 21st – 24th October 2024, Sibos moves to Beijing for the first time. One of the year’s most anticipated events in the financial sector and with both in-person and digital participation options, ...

The UK financial regulator should reconsider its intention to compare pensions schemes and giving them ratings as a way of increasing the value for money that consumers get in the defined contribution ...

Global investors are looking through the short-term noise created by this year’s election cycle to harness the major trends of deglobalisation, disruption and decarbonisation by increasing their ...

Anglo-South African asset manager Ninety One’s Global Environment Strategy has won a $150m mandate from the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) Managed by Deirdre Cooper, Head of ...

Future Growth Capital (FGC), the newly launched private markets investment manager formed by Schroders plc and Phoenix Group, has received regulatory approval for the first UK dedicated multi-asset ...

More evidence for the increase in private-markets investment comes from the insurance sector, where appetite for private debt is recorded. A BlackRock survey found 91% of respondents from insurers ...