by Victor Garcia Priego | Nov 26, 2021 | ESG, Europe
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered unprecedented interest in ESG investing. This has highlighted a divide between the practices of large parts of the investment industry and the expectations of many environmentally and socially minded investors. There is a huge...
by Victor Garcia Priego | Sep 10, 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 | May 21, 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 Richard Bradley | Jan 15, 2021 | ESG, Europe, UK Adviser Platforms, UK D2C, UK Financial Advisers, UK Wealth Management
“We are all in the same storm – the pandemic – but we are not in the same boat.” The pandemic has impacted on different people very differently. We have just published our annual UK Consumer Insights report, looking at the behaviours and views of UK adults about their...
by Platforum | Dec 18, 2020 | ESG, Europe, UK Adviser Platforms, UK D2C, UK Financial Advisers, UK Fund Distribution, UK Wealth Management
2020 has been a disaster for many businesses. The financial services sector has been very lucky in comparison, insulated from the worst of the crisis. Looking ahead to 2021, we examine here the major trends that are due to shape retail investment channels across the...
by Victor Garcia Priego | Nov 20, 2020 | Europe
Europe is a highly diverse continent – this maxim also applies to fund distribution. There has been a dramatic increase in cross-border sales in the past decade, and MiFID II has been introduced to harmonise regulation across markets. However, the implementation of...
