Nik Pratt

The funds industry is feeling the effect of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East according to a number of reports showing high levels of outflows and drops in performance.

UK pension fund Railpen has unveiled a new approach to stewardship and corporate governance that will see it publish plans on engaging with the companies in its portfolios.

French fund manager Amundi has expanded its range of actively managed fixed income ETFs.

Global fund managers have been adjusting their portfolios in reaction to rising geopolitical unrest and a slowdown in economic growth.

Sampension, a manager of pension funds for Danish government workers, has named Mads Smith Hansen as chief executive.

Netherlands-based Robeco has been appointed as the manager of a private corporate debt (PCD) mandate by two Dutch pension funds PMT and PME.

Euroclear Bank and Clearstream, have simultaneously launched issuance services designed to eliminate paper from the Eurobond market.

WisdomTree is the latest ETF provider to tap into Europe’s infrastructure sector.

French financial firm BNP Paribas is targetting a doubling of pre-tax profit for its asset management business by 2030.

Proxy advisor Glass Lewis has launched the first stage of a new line of business designed to take the company “well beyond [its] core proxy research and voting business”.