by Victor Garcia Priego | 10 September 2021 | Europe
The European fund industry looks as if it’s emerged unscathed from the havoc created by the COVID-19 – just looking at its buoyant figures for assets under management. But the reality is that the pandemic has accelerated several pre-existing trends that will cause...
by Victor Garcia Priego | 13 August 2021 | ESG
The FCA’s recent letter to chairs of authorised fund managers sets out the regulators’ expectations for ESG and sustainable investment funds. The aim is the same as the EU’s SFDR – fighting greenwashing by asset managers. The UK version is different in some ways, with...
by Victor Garcia Priego | 21 May 2021 | Europe
Allfunds’ recent stock market debut marked a noisy close to an unusually noisy period for institutional fund platforms. Recent years have seen Europe’s two large global custodians (Clearstream and Euroclear) enter the market through acquisitions of well-established...
by Victor Garcia Priego | 19 February 2021 | ESG
UK retail investors have become much more conscious of environmental and social issues than they were before COVID-19. Even more important, investors are now much more likely to act on these ideas. Fund flows in 2020 are clear proof of that. This shift in attitude is...
by Victor Garcia Priego | 29 January 2021 | ESG
Advisers are starting to discuss how responsible / ESG investing can be profitable in their conversations with clients, our new research finds. Investors, they say, can “do well by doing good”. Advisers’ concerns about the downside risk of poor returns from these...
