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Sustainability: here to stay

Sustainability is becoming ever more important. Various initiatives have emerged to focus institutional investors' attention on social considerations, as in the case of the Corporate Social...

Author: Robert Bluhm

Facts Rather than Fake News and Forecasts

In New York, on the top floor of a prewar building on 57th Street, with a view of Central Park, you will find the head office of Keppler Asset Management Inc, an investment advisor specialised in...

Author: Michael Keppler

Universal-Investment again number 1 among Luxembourg’s AIFM companies

Universal-Investment is once more leading the field: as shown in this year’s study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Universal-Investment is again the number one by assets under management among...

Author: Timo Lüllau

Fact sheets with a cherry on top

Fact sheet content must comply with certain regulatory minimum requirements. There is, however, some latitude in terms of layout or the inclusion of additional information, for instance. In this...

Author: Michael Münch, KSK Biberach, and Johannes Hauptmann, Anevis Solutions

Loan Investing

Loan funds offer investors many diversification opportunities and compelling returns. Dr. Sofia Harrschar, Head of Alternative Investments - Real Assets at Universal-Investment, explains the...

Author: Dr. Sofia Harrschar

Cutting through the regulatory jungle

Better investor protection and greater transparency - those are the main objectives of the European financial markets directive MiFID II (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive). Its rules...

Author: Andreas Holzapfel, in-house counsel Universal Investment

Europe in the spotlight

The economy of the eurozone grew particularly well last year – the value of European equities rose accordingly. Some shares even developed into an overflight. The fund SEB EuroCompanies ...

Still valid 100 years from now

Principles are a virtue that can also be applied to the world of securities, as is demonstrated by Michael Keppler, the founder and owner of Keppler Asset Management. In the interview with...

Author: Michael Keppler. Keppler Asset Management, and Timo Lüllau

"We hold over 500 management discussions each year"

The Frankfurt-based investment boutique CHOM CAPITAL is fully committed to traditional stock picking with a focus on Europe - the region the two fund advisers and managing partners of CHOM CAPITAL...

Author: Christoph Benner and Oliver Schnatz, CHOM Capital, and Timo Lüllau

Valuable investments

The focus on socially responsible, ethical and sustainable investments has significantly increased over the past years and gradually led to the establishment of a separate asset class. Ever more...

“There is no such thing as a free lunch”

There is not much chance of a real trend reversal on the rate front for now. Market neutral and non-predictive strategies like those overseen by Tarek Saffaf, manager of the PARAGON UI ...

Author: Tarek Saffaf and Timo Lüllau

„The potential of the middle class has not yet been exploited”

The strong rate of growth of the emerging markets has been softened explicitly in the last couple of years. Still, quite a few countries out of the emerging markets sphere have an appealing growth...

Author: Siddharth Mehta-Thomas and Timo Lüllau