Europe must recover its competitiveness if it is to maintain its status as a global leader on sustainability and inclusion, analysis by McKinsey has concluded. According to Accelerating Europe: Competitiveness for a New Era, unless growth is re-energised, the standard of living across the continent could end up eroded. The report argued that Europe’s competitive…
Many European wealth managers are failing to adapt to the demands of MiFID II by not fully assessing client suitability and risk levels, according to analysis by Oxford Risk. The research firm’s Wealth Managers are still adapting to MiFID II report was based on a wider study with wealth managers across France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy,…
A new ruling from the French government around ESG investing could potentially lead to forced divestments worth billions of euros. As the Financial Times recently reported, the country has decided funds under its ‘L’investissement socialement responsible’ (ISR) label will no longer be able to put money into hydrocarbon exploration, exploitation or refining projects. Companies that…
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…
European venture capital firm Sofinnova has launched Biovelocita, an investment strategy dedicated to the creation and acceleration of biotech startups in Europe. The firm said it had a created a new team for Biovelocita and the new venture was inspired by Italy’s first biotech accelerator, BiovelocITA, co-founded by Gabriella Camboni, Silvano Spinelli and Sofinnova Partners…
BNP Paribas has launched a portfolio aiming to help fund projects and businesses involved in energy transition and climate-change mitigation. The BNP Paribas Climate Impact Infrastructure Debt fund will be structured as a Luxembourg Reserved Alternative Investment Fund and classified as ‘Article 9’ under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. The bank added it would be…
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…
Europe has to “push” the green transition forward if it wants to remain competitive on the global stage, the European Central Bank (ECB) has warned. The assertion was made in the first in a series of articles from Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, Werner Hoyer, president of the European Investment Bank,…
Climate change remains the biggest environmental consideration affecting investment decisions, a new report from Deutsche Bank argues. According to the group’s 2023 ESG Survey, more than two-fifths (44%) of respondents saw it as the most-important factor, followed by 20% naming land degradation, 15% ocean pollution and the unsustainable use of marine resources, and 12% naming…
