Raymond Frenken

Raymond Frenken

The Assemblée nationale in Paris, the French parliament. Photo: Jarosław Baranowski/Wikimedia.
Asset Allocation
September 10, 2025

Markets tolerate French paralysis as long as yields stay high

France’s government is adrift after Bayrou’s resignation, yet its bonds still draw buyers. Investors…
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Bjoern Jesch, former global CIO at DWS, is joining Allianz Global Investors. Photo: DWS.
Transfers
August 28, 2025

Transfers: Bjoern Jesch swaps DWS for Allianz Global Investors

This week’s overview of people transfers and appointments includes updates from Allianz Global…
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Investors listening to a discussion hosted by a European asset manager. Photo: IO.
Asset Managers
August 18, 2025

Strong inflows mask tensions in Europe’s fund landscape

Strong inflows at Amundi, Natixis, DWS and Allianz show investors’ appetite for income strategies…
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Robinhood last year signed a three-year deal to sponsor French football club OGC Nice. Photo: OGC Nice.
Investing
August 11, 2025

Robinhood set to hack Europe’s equity rulebook using MiCA

Robinhood, the Silicon Valley-based brokerage known for disrupting Wall Street with zero-commission…
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Met Alto probeert Amundi de macht van Aladdin te doorbreken. Illustratie gemaakt met Dall-e/AI.
Technology
July 3, 2025

Alto! Amundi casts a European spell on Aladdin

Amundi COO Guillaume Lesage, in an interview, reveals how Alto is trying to break Aladdin’s spell…
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Mike Chen, head of Next Generation Quant at Robeco. Photo: Robeco.
Asset Managers
June 23, 2025

Robeco embraces agentic AI as next disruptor in asset management

Agentic AI, a new class of artificial intelligence capable of autonomous decision-making, is…
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