Asset management must help power European transformation – DWS
‘The challenge now is to create a Europe that is undeniably dynamic, forward-looking and sustainable’
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‘The challenge now is to create a Europe that is undeniably dynamic, forward-looking and sustainable’
Investors may be underestimating the potential fillip to the global economy from future rate cuts
Signatories of the letter understood to include France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden
‘Actionable measures’ include streamlining legislation and fostering raw material self-sufficiency
Regulation and political developments among factors leading to a change in strategy
The German government has predicted the country will see just 0.2% growth in 2024 – a development the finance minister has described as “dramatically bad”. Speaking in Leipzig, finance minister Robert Habeck – tipped by many as Germany’s next Chancellor – warned the nation could not continue as it had, indicating drastic action may be…
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky spoke at the Davos meeting in Switzerland this week on the potential for long-term foreign investment into the country. The president appeared onstage at the event to argue that a strengthening of Ukraine’s economy would lead to a strengthening in the security of Europe. He also spoke of the need for…
New statistics from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) indicate net assets within Europe saw a shallower decline than those in the US over the third quarter of last year. Figures released as part of the trade body’s International Quarterly Statistics show that, while net assets within Europe fell 0.6% compared with Q2…
German businesses are “significantly” reducing their investment plans, according to the latest economic survey from the country’s ifo Institute. The Munich-based organisation said the investment climate within Germany had “deteriorated noticeably” as a result of higher financing costs, weak demand and uncertainty around economic policy. Companies that specialise in trade, it said, were the most…
Inflation concerns have abated across Europe, Natixis Investment Managers has suggested, with the problem now greatest across Africa and the Middle East. The group’s 2024 Institutional Outlook Survey found institutional investors still harboured significant concerns heading into the new year, with three-fifths (59%) of respondents predicting equity markets would see higher volatility and two-fifths (39%)…
North Macedonia has launched its own energy transition investment platform, making the announcement to coincide with COP28. The country said it now aimed, by the end of the decade, to have phased out coal, adding 1.7GW of renewable energy, and strengthened its grid. The move is being supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and…
Industry body EFAMA has responded to the European Commission’s (EC) Retail Investment Package first proposed in May this year. The European Fund and Asset Management Association lists what it calls a number of “positive elements”, along with ones that the association says need to be reconsidered. The changes were proposed earlier this year and were…