UK investors added a net £1.09bn to their equity-fund holdings during the month, having been net sellers in January. Rising bond markets also prompted the largest inflows to fixed income…

Both Ucits ETFs launched today on Börse Xetra and Borsa Italiana with total expense ratios (TER) of 0.40% and 0.45%, respectively. The ETFs will list on the London Stock Exchange…

Tokenisation could transform the asset management industry, delivering cost savings of over $135 billion, according to research from global funds network Calastone. As fund processing costs are expected to rise…

UK asset manager Abrdn has officially reverted to the name Aberdeen, scrapping its much-criticised, vowel-less branding introduced under former chief executive Stephen Bird. The change was announced by Jason Windsor,…

Institutional investors are optimistic about fixed income hedge funds, with 63% expecting annual returns of 10% or higher, according to research from RBC BlueBay Asset Management. Despite these expectations, only…

The European Commission’s recent proposal to simplify sustainability reporting under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), and EU Taxonomy Regulation has been met with…

London-based William Blair Investment Management has launched an Emerging Markets Frontier Debt Sicav fund. The fund will be co-managed by portfolio managers Yvette Babb and Daniel Wood, under the leadership…

Private equity investment in security technology is accelerating, driven by rising geopolitical instability and increased government defence spending, according to research. The security-tech sector has seen 191 direct investments since…

A decade ago, few even knew that MUFG was in the asset servicing space. Today, MUFG Investor Services, a division of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)—one of the world’s largest…

Paris-based Amundi, the largest European asset manager, has admitted 11 new Exchange-Traded Funds (“ETFs”) to trading on the London Stock Exchange. The newly-admitted ETFs will bring the total number of…