Fixed income markets have faced some pressures lately, as investors fret about less accommodative monetary conditions going forward. In addition, higher energy prices have fuelled bond yields, as both OPEC members and Russia...

According to Richard Turnill, BlackRock's Global Chief Investment Strategist, we live in a world of low prospective returns, as reflected in our latest five-year return outlook. We have lowered our return assumptions across most asset classes due to increased valuations, but we see opportunities in many risk assets.

Net New Assets (NNA) year to date amounted to EUR6.5bn. Total Assets under Management are up 39% vs. the end of 2015, reaching EUR 25.3 billion and including a significant market impact (9.1%*).

TrackInsight SAS is pleased to announce two new investments in its capital from the FinTech fund managed by New Alpha Asset Management and the insurance company, Aviva France. TrackInsight has now raised over EUR 4 million in development funding.

Complete reversal in emerging equity markets in 2016: the highly geared/cyclical/risky stocks that collapsed in 2015 skyrocketed in 2016. Where to go? In 2015, emerging markets have had stormy times. An unexpected devaluation of the Yuan, the collapse of numerous emerging currencies and the implosion of China's local market were just some of the headwinds.