Asset Management
Monday 22 September 2025
Articles
Opinion 2018 Outlook: 75% of institutional investors say current environment favors active management
Two-thirds of institutional investors worldwide (65%) expect asset bubbles to negatively impact performance in
2018 and three out of every four (75%) believe the current market environment favors active management.
Innovation BlackRock has expanded its Asian equity fund range by launching the BlackRock Global Funds (BGF) China Flexible Equity Fund
The Fund is designed to enable a growing number of investors seeking to access opportunities in both onshore (A-shares) and offshore (H-shares, Red-chips, P-chips, American Depositary Receipts [ADRs], etc.) Chinese equity markets without having the need to allocate to two separate strategies.
Opinion According to Natixis Asset Management: “adaptability and flexibility will be the watchwords on the markets in 2018”
Corporates and households seem to have regained their confidence in the future in 2017 against a
flattering macroeconomic backdrop. However, Natixis Asset Management's experts caution against
excessive optimism, as 2018 will not be entirely devoid of events that could throw a spanner in
these well-oiled works.
Interview Isabelle Bourcier : “Our ambitions is to grow in Smart Beta and SRI ETFs”
Evolution of the ETF market, impact of the regulations, ongoing development at BNP Paribas Asset Management...Isabelle Bourcier, Head of quantitative and index management at BNP Paribas Asset Management shares its view with Next-Finance.
Interview Régis Pinguet : “The two criteria used to select ETFs are its assets under management and on the other hand its replication methodology.”
Régis Pinguet, head of the fund selection and analysis department at CNP Assurances, tells us more about its use of ETFs