Aegon Property Income fees rose 56% despite management fee discount
Investors in the now closed Aegon Property Income fund saw their costs rise by more than 50% over the course of the fund’s suspension, despite a reduction in the management fee.
Investment Week digital edition – 4 October 2021
This week’s edition of Investment Week is now available to read online.
Robeco appoints new chief executive officer
Robeco has appointed Karin van Baardwijk as chief executive officer (CEO) as of 1 January 2022, succeeding Gilbert Van Hassel, who has been the firm’s CEO since September 2016 .
Ninety One Cautious Managed to change name to Global Income Opportunities
Ninety One has today (4 October) changed the name of its £1bn Cautious Managed fund to Global Income Opportunities in order to clarify its objectives and policies.
Capital Group appoints new ESG investment director
Capital Group has appointed Belinda Gan as its new ESG investment director for the Europe and Asia Client Group, Investment Week has learned.
Polar Capital bolsters global healthcare team as co-head Dan Mahony departs
Dan Mahony has left his position as co-head of the Polar Capital global healthcare team, where he worked alongside Gareth Powell, to take up a new role away from asset management, although he will continue to work for the team on an “advisory basis”.
Crypto clampdown: China ban will not hamper ‘biggest political idea for 150 years’
China’s recent ban of all cryptocurrency will not hamper the prospects for what has been described as the “biggest political idea for 150 years” by some asset allocators, who have likened the current stage in crypto adoption to “the internet in 1997”.
Deep Dive: Challenging misconceptions about inflation
Jeffrey Cleveland, chief economist at Payden & Rygel, dives into the fixed income market.
Industry Voice: Financial inclusion – an economic opportunity for all
Financial inclusion is commonly defined as ‘access to and use of formal financial services’. Despite considerable progress on reducing absolute global poverty over the last 20 years, worldwide, billions of people remain unbanked, uninsured and without assets or savings. We explore why financial inclusion should be an essential part of ‘building back better’, not just […]