Here are some of the highlights from the Expert Investor ESG Congress in Berlin, Germany November 30 to December 1 2018
Tag: Germany
State Street pushes for German governance changes
Under current rules, firms elect board every five years which blocks efforts to address underperformance, US group claims
Glimmers of hope behind weak eurozone data
ECB may opt to extend QE if slowdown continues and political situation in Italy worsens, say analysts
German property funds record 50% jump in investment volumes
Germany’s open-ended real estate funds attracted more than €6.7bn net inflows last year and investment activities rose to €9.2bn – an increase of almost 50% compared with 2016, according to Scope research.
Vanguard offers low-cost DAX ETF
Index-traded Ucits fund will invest in 30 blue-chip companies on DAX index and has total ongoing charges of 10 basis points.
European investor confidence plummets
European investors retreated from risk in June according to State Street’s investor confidence index amid rising European political turmoil and global trade war fears.
Italy least popular European market
Italy has replaced the UK as the least popular market in Europe for fund managers, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML).
Expert Investor Frankfurt: Emerging Markets Photo Gallery
Here are some of the highlights from the Expert Investor Frankfurt: Emerging Markets forum on 24 May 2018.
Europe’s selectors preparing for big market correction
Majority of European fund selectors surveyed at Expert Investor events in Frankfurt, Brussels and Lisbon expect a hefty market correction in developed equity markets within twelve months.
German fund managers storm up ranking table
Analysis by Berlin-based research group Scope ranks all funds in German market – both domestic and foreign – on a range of criteria.
