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Date: 14th June 2017 A new regulation raising standards for investment managers entered into force last week in the US, protecting investors and worrying active assets managers. Drawn up by the Obama Administration, this new fiduciary rule applies to the $16tn retirement investment market and is expected to spell the

Date: 8th June 2017 While voters are called upon to vote today in the UK to provide (or not) Theresa May with a strong majority government for the up-coming negotiations with the EU, asset managers seem increasingly worried about the access to investors in the EU when the UK finally

Date: 8th June 2017 Writing in Financial Times, Renaud De Planta, chairman of Pictect Asset Management, warns that passive investing could threaten the free-market economy. As a reminder, passive investing can be defined as an investment strategy that aims to maximize returns over the long run by keeping the amount

Date: 23rd May 2017 The Regulation 2017/826 of 17 May 2017 establishing a Union programme to support specific activities enhancing the involvement of consumers and other financial services end-users in Union policy-making in the area of financial services for the period of 2017-2020 was published on Friday 19 May. This

Date: 19th May 2017 President Trump is not the only threat to the USA. According to an academic study (The Hoover Institution, Stanford Graduate School of Business), the US public pension system has developed a $3.4tn funding hole. The study reveals that some states (Illinois, Arizona, Ohio and Nevada) and

Date: 17th May 2017 In a white paper on MiFID II and PRIIPs rules, FE Limited, a UK-based investment ratings and research agency, warned about the difficulties advisers will face when providing clients with personalised data about their funds (costs, purchases and sales of funds). Three difficulties stand out: First

Date: 16th May 2017 SAP’s shareholders growing disaffection over executive pay The last general assembly held by SAP on the 10th of May could be described as a wake-up call for the German multinational, which produces enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Whereas General Assemblies are largely

Date: 11th May 2017 As Chairman of the Management Board of the public interest Foundation Stichting Volkswagen Investors Claim I have sent an open letter to Ms. Brigitte Zypries, Minister for Economics and Energy. Stichting Volkswagen Investors Claim strives for a rapid solution that is at the same time fair