Amundi, Europe's largest asset manager with €1.487 trillion in AUM, including €297 billion in responsible investing, announces the launch of Amundi Funds Multi-Asset Sustainable Future, which combines diversified investment management with an ESG approach.

Despite colossal headwinds related to trade tensions, the Brexit deadlock and the manufacturing recession, asset prices have been incredibly buoyant so far this year. Equities are recovering from the August drawdown and are approaching late-July record levels.

The duration rally over the month of August was eye-watering. The whole German sovereign bond curve, out to 30 years, now trades with a negative yield, with half the European investment grade bond universe also yielding below zero.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU's securities regulator, has published the second Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities (TRV) report for 2019. The report identifies a deteriorating outlook for the asset management industry and continued very high market risk.

The ECB's new stimulus package adds to top-line challenges for European banks though the measures should support loan quality and asset valuations, says Scope Ratings.