Investment
Investment | 27 Oct 17
Analysis: Fund fees wipe out ‘20% of gross returns’
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) is turning up the heat on asset managers, highlighting the impact of fund charges on returns in a fresh report. Fund fees wipe out an average 20% of gross returns, according to the regulator.
No surprises from Draghi: ECB halves asset purchases to €30bn
The European Central Bank (ECB) will cut the size of its monthly asset purchases in half from January next year, the bank’s president Mario Draghi announced on Thursday. Bond and equity markets, as well as the euro, hardly responded to the announcement.
Alternatives | 26 Oct 17
Billionaires buying up sports clubs
The ultra-wealthy are investing in sport at a rate higher than ever before, with more than 140 of the top sports clubs globally now being owned by 109 billionaires, according to a joint UBS Group and PwC report.
Commodities | 26 Oct 17
Luxembourg commodity finance Sicav suspended
A second Luxembourg-regulated, commodity finance-related fund has halted operations this year after the directors of the Blackstar Commodities Fund suspended redemptions and the conversion of shares in its Sicav.
Vanguard ventures into Germany, adds Euro Stoxx ETF
Vanguard has expanded into Germany by listing its range of equity and fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the German stock exchange and also introduced a Euro Stoxx 50 Ucits ETF.