Jens Kummer, leiter des SEB Asset Management Multi-Asset Teams in Frankfurt, im Gespraech

Jens Kummer is very well positioned to compare mechanistic and discretionary investing.

Schroders verstaerkt weiter sein Multi-Asset Team

Schroders hat sein Multi-Asset Team weiter verstaerkt mit der Ernennung von Ian Maybury zum head of solutions management.

Distributor predicts biggest hedge fund inflows since financial crisis

This year will see the highest net inflows to hedge funds since the start of the global financial crisis, according to institutional fund distribution agency Agecroft Partners.

Franklin Templeton allocates to funds, from the top-down

Having an element of top-down analysis, a ‘big picture' view of the global economy and of how asset classes react in it, will be crucial to investing funds successfully over the coming years.

Johannes Maier, Abteilungsleiter Dachfondsmanagement bei Deutsche Postbank FS, im Gespraech

Herr Dr Johannes Maier, Abteilungsleiter fuer Dachfondsmanagement bei Postbank Financial Services GmbH, spricht mit David Walker, beschreibt den Prozess und Produkte seines Teams von 6 Personen in Frankfurt, und nennt die Investmentsstrategien, die er zur Zeit sucht. Das Unternehmen managt ca. Euro 9 Mrd in Dachfonds, Publikums- und Speziafonds.

Germans prepare to boost global equity funds

German fund buyers are expecting to increase their exposure to foreign equities, as they seek diversification away from their own region's troubled markets.

Black Swans not gone yet, says giant Swiss allocator

The eurozone has not just faced one ‘Black Swan' recently, as eurozone countries face bankruptcy, says Alan Mudie, chief investment officer at Swiss bank UBP.

Alliance Bernstein's Michele Patri on why past certainties are worth little today

A flexible fund management approach including agnosticism to benchmarks is crucial to handling markets in what will "probably be a fairly horrible economic environment over the next two years", says Alliance Bernstein's Michele Patri.

Is there ‘no place like home’ for European investors?

Continental allocators facing difficult prognoses for their local markets are encouraging clients to ‘try something new’, but managers say Europe still has a role in portfolios.

Investec defensive as “Western financial crisis” may come

A financial crisis induced by the West may come and investors should fasten their seatbelts in the coming months as markets could be very volatile, says Michael Power, global strategist at Investec Asset Management.

German institutions take 'safety first' approach to investments

Germany’s institutional investors are not only interested in returns, but also the safety of those returns, according to a study published by Union Investment.

Fund and product launches: Threadneedle, ING IM, Banque centrale du Luxembourg, Clearstream International, Société Générale Private Banking

Study finds Germans prefer home markets - for now

Most German investors say China is tomorrow‘s superpower, versus a negligible proportion who say Germany is preeminent, but the vast bulk still prefer to invest locally.