All comment and opinions

Solvency II-style rules for workplace pensions are inappropriate

Fri, 24/05/2013 - 11:20

EVCA Secretary-General Dörte Höppner (pictured) welcomes EU Commissioner Michel Barnier’s decision to postpone the introduction of solvency rules to the revised IORP Directive… »

Institutional investors look to credit as bond rates fall

Wed, 22/05/2013 - 12:39

ING Investment Management says that with government bonds yielding 1.5%, institutional funds are increasingly looking for alternatives that manage volatility while returning upwards of 3%… »

Sebastien Danloy, RBC Investor & Treasury Services

What is the AIFMD state of play?

Tue, 21/05/2013 - 13:02

With just over eight weeks to go before the AIFMD transposition deadline, Sebastien Danloy (pictured), Head of Investor Services Europe and Offshore at RBC Investor & Treasury Services, comments on late implementation and its effects on asset managers… »

G7 meeting ‘successful and constructive’, says Osborne

Mon, 13/05/2013 - 12:29

UK Chancellor George Osborne’s closing remarks from the G7 Meeting in Aylesbury… »

Bharti Airtel-Qatar Investment Group deal highlights continuing African growth potential

Mon, 06/05/2013 - 12:14

Graham Stock (pictured), chief strategist at Insparo Asset Management comments on Bharti Airtel decision to sell a stake to Qatar investment group… »

When ‘bad’ is ‘good’

Fri, 26/04/2013 - 13:01

Joel Copp-Barton, European Equities Product Director at Invesco Perpetual, shares his views on Europe’s recovery… »

The next steps for the euro – what is needed to ensure its survival?

Wed, 24/04/2013 - 18:12

Keith Wade, Chief Economist at Schroders, looks beyond the near term cyclical challenges and considers what the Eurozone needs to do to ensure its long term viability… »

China will remain valuable to Africa in the long-term

Wed, 17/04/2013 - 18:23

Graham Stock (pictured), chief strategist at Insparo Asset Management comments on China-Africa relations ahead of the China-Africa Business Summit… »

Demand grows for UK smaller companies as risk appetite increases

Thu, 11/04/2013 - 16:34

The buoyant start to 2013 has seen the demand for UK smaller companies continue as investors’ appetite for risk has increased in-line with growing confidence in the global economic outlook. Co-portfolio managers on the Franklin UK Smaller Companies Fund, Paul Spencer and Richard Bullas believe that small caps can continue to make headway and outperform the broader market as investors search for growth companies in an otherwise low or no growth macro environment. »

Challenges facing the infrastructure market

Wed, 10/04/2013 - 13:38

Due to the long term/international nature of private infrastructure investing there are a number of challenges within the infrastructure market facing investors today, says Reyno Norval (pictured), Senior Associate at Altius Associates… »