Raymond Frenken

Raymond Frenken

A maze in England. Photo: Tim Green via Flickr.
Laws and Regulations
December 2, 2025

Europe’s fund market faces a major shake-up under SFDR 2

Europe’s fund market is on the brink of a major reshuffle. Under SFDR 2.0, the European Commission’s…
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The EU's climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, right, takes part in a ministerial meeting during COP30, in Belém, Brazil. Photo: EU.
Laws and Regulations
November 20, 2025

SFDR overhaul sets strict new rules for sustainable fund labels

The European Commission on Thursday unveiled sweeping changes to Europe’s Sustainable Finance…
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NatureFinance's Arend Kulenkampff addressing the COP30 meeting. Photo: NatureFinance.
News
November 20, 2025

COP30 sees nature move to the center of climate finance

The United States’ pullback from COP30 raised fears of stalled momentum in climate finance. Instead…
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Johanna Kyrklund, group CIO at Schroders. Photo: Schroders.
Investing
November 19, 2025

‘It’s too early to withdraw into a bear cave’

Stretched valuations alone are not enough to derail the equity market as long as the economic…
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'Shadow bankers', Photo by Feodor Chistyakov on Unsplash
Investing
November 17, 2025

As banks retreat, private lenders take the wheel

A good fifteen years after the global financial crisis rewired the world’s credit circuits, a new…
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Anna Rosenberg, head of geopolitics at the Amundi Investment Institute. Photo: Amundi.
Asset Managers
November 11, 2025

The new Cold War runs on artificial intelligence

Anna Rosenberg of Amundi Investment Institute says the same forces that once drove nuclear and space…
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Photo: ESMA.
Supervision
November 6, 2025

ESMA warns on high costs in fund distribution

Almost half of European fund investors’ costs go to distribution, according to a new report by the…
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ELTIF
Wealth Managers
November 6, 2025

Eltif 2.0: the honeymoon is over as fundraising stalls

Across Europe, asset managers are learning that selling Eltif funds to retail and wholesale…
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Tanguy van de Werve. Photo: EFAMA.
Asset Managers
November 5, 2025

Brussels urged to cut the white noise in securitisation

EFAMA’s Tanguy van de Werve says securitisation can help reconnect investors with the real economy…
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UniCredit this year became a sponsor of the Ferrari Formula 1 team. Photo: UniCredit.
Asset Managers
November 4, 2025

Italy cools on French fund groups as UniCredit exits Amundi deal

Two major European cross-border asset management relationships are losing momentum, with Italian…
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Stefan Hoops DWS
Investing
October 30, 2025

DWS prepares private credit platform for 2026 growth phase

DWS is stepping up its ambitions in private credit, focusing on asset-based finance — lending and…
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Oversight wave - Anastasia Shuraeva - Pexels
Asset Allocation
October 22, 2025

Last wave of traditional managers embraces the active ETF model

As active ETFs grow beyond niche status, some of the last traditionally active managers, including…
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Karel Nierop, head of products and solutions at Triodos IM. Photo: Triodos.
Asset Allocation
October 21, 2025

‘Nature-based solutions are where renewable energy was 15 years ago’

Triodos Investment Management is betting that nature-based solutions, still a niche segment, will…
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Bhavneet Ahluwalia, investment specialist at M&G. Photo: M&G.
Asset Allocation
October 17, 2025

Investors are rediscovering Europe’s value, says M&G

Bhavneet Ahluwalia, investment specialist at M&G, says value investing in Europe is reasserting…
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