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Figures from Lipper suggest ethical equity funds under-deliver against their sectors.

Europe’s investors are integrating environmental and social governance rules into their investment approach more than US and Asian counterparts, which may be benefiting their portfolios, research by institutional manager RCM shows.

Is ‘kicking the can’ further down the road still an option?

RCM’s Jankowska (pictured) appointed UKSIF committee chair, BVI enters Brussels with Kohl at its helm, Bank Sarasin opens in Lucerne, Standard Life adds to Paris real estate investment arm, Stonehage snaps up du Pasquier for Swiss board, Mackin to promote...

Allianz is increasing its product range for Spanish investors with three new funds, at a time when Spain has “more doors open to foreign asset managers than there have ever been”, the company’s regional managing director says.

People and money in China are still the focus for asset managers in Asia, in part because they will add to inflationary pressures. Jonathan Boyd reports from the RCM Berlin conference

Investors in Europe rank interest rate risk as their biggest concern over the next 12 months, research by Allianz Global Investors shows.

Allianz Global Investors is to become one of the first German asset managers to launch a renminbi fixed income fund, to give European investors access to what it expects to be an increasing stream of yuan-denominated bonds.

Allianz Global Investors is to launch a UK absolute return fund through its RCM unit, combining a strategic long-only portfolio with a market-neutral portion to offset risk in moving markets.

British consumers face greater challenges now than in the recession of 2008, when oil hit $146 a barrel, according to RCM's Jeremy Thomas.