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Universal-Investment Group launches one of the first investment platforms for digital assets

Universal is accelerating its ambitions towards the digital fund: With Enlyte the group is making its debut in the digital asset world. The group’s new company offers an in-house developed modular...

B2B platform with CAPinside

Weather the Crisis better with frontier government bonds in local currency

In turbulent times, frontier markets remain attractive, says Jetro Siekkinen from Aktia Asset Management. Using the example of the UI-Aktia EM Frontier Bond+, the Deputy Managing Director explains...

Author: Jetro Siekkinen

EM Corporate Debt an allocation for uncertain times?

After a relatively poor 2018, returns in Emerging Markets Corporate Debt have bounced back year to date. Returns have been strong across both sovereign and corporate hard currency bonds. The...

Author: Sune Jensen, Toke Hjortshøj and Yvonne Raßbach

Tickets for the fund market: fund data and documents

Data on the target market, Key Investor Information Documents (KIIDs), fact sheets... the wealth of fund information has grown due to regulatory requirements. Universal-Investment uses the service...

To make the most of opportunities, you need to manage risk effectively

Switzerland has a reputation for quality, security and reliability. Swiss-born entrepreneur, consultant and fund initiator Thomas Hirsiger builds on those values – and not just in his funds....

Author: Thomas Hirsiger

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

Four questions for Aneta Pilch, branch manager in Krakow

St Mary's Church, the old Jewish quarter Kazimierz, Royal Castle Wawel: Krakow offers a mixture of culture, leisure activities, impressive architecture and even a small, authentic jazz scene. The...

Author: Aneta Pilch

China’s hidden investment jewels

The trade dispute between China and the US is dominating the headlines and thus often the actions of investors. Rowan Francis, fund manager of TAMAC, explains in this commentary why it is...

Author: Rowan Francis

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

Gold: safe haven and inflation hedge

What some people drink in Champagne or wear around their décolleté, others own in stock deposits – it’s all about the precious metal gold. Investors keep asking themselves whether physical gold or...

Author: Georges Lequime und Yvonne Raßbach

Sought after: convertible bonds offering sustainability

The roots of the independent asset manager and convertible bond specialist Salm-Salm & Partners go back more than 800 years to the Prinz Salm vineyard. Even back then, sustainability was an...

Author: Constantin Prinz zu Salm-Salm and Yvonne Raßbach