Following the French election, European equity markets are breathing a sigh of relief. While some structural challenges remain, strong fundamentals point towards continued European equity outperformance, triggered by reduced political tail risks.

BlackRock has launched two new fixed income exchange traded funds (ETFs) providing investors with greater granularity in US bond exposures, iShares $ Intermediate Credit Bond UCITS ETF (ICBU) and iShares $ TIPS 0-5 UCITS ETF (TIP5)...

According to Matthew Vaight, Manager of M&G Global Emerging Markets, investors are worried that the revelations could lead to political turmoil and jeopardise the government's plans to revive the Brazilian economy...

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today reported annual ongoing fees and expenses for its investment operations have declined by approximately $402 million since fiscal year 2010-11. The annual CEM Benchmarking survey also found that CalPERS is a low-cost system compared to its peers.

QNB Suisse SA, a subsidiary of Qatar National Bank, has selected Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) in Ireland to help establish and support QNB Global Funds ICAV, its European UCITS-compliant umbrella fund.