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Liquidity buffers as preventive crisis management

Unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic, capital market turbulence in March 2020 was a wake-up call for financial market regulators and the fund industry as a whole. Some investment funds were hit...

"Our clients’ needs are central to our business"

The coronavirus pandemic is also weighing heavily on the financial sector. Universal-Investment has nevertheless kept its sights firmly set on its key goal of becoming Europe’s leading fund...

Author: Michael Reinhard, Katja Müller, Universal-Investment

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...

Alternative Investments and ESG: on the way to becoming the normality

Considerable progress has been made of late in terms of ESG risk ratings and reporting in liquid investments such as shares and bonds. The demand for alternative investments that conform with ESG...

Private Debt: an asset class not just for boom periods

Private debt has become an increasingly popular asset class in recent years. The corona pandemic is the first major test for this relatively young market in Germany. One thing is already clear:...

Author: Dr. Sofia Harrschar

Trend in infrastructure investments

The corona crisis has altered the environment for infrastructure investments. A number of trends are already emerging, including a further increase in demand for telecommunications and data...

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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...

The ideal line - staying on track with overlay management

Navigating the unpredictable financial markets safely with optional driver assistance: smart institutional investors can use overlay management to stay on track and continue to take advantage of...

Author: Peter Flöck

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

Real estate trends – internationalisation generates return potential

Nowadays, real estate investors can often only get decent returns abroad, be that in Central and Eastern Europe or Asia. However, given that German investors tend to have limited access to foreign...

Author: Dr Thomas Beyerle and Marcos J. Joos

Surge of growth in trades: solutions hit the mark

The increasingly complex regulation of securities trading and the growing volume of trades are presenting a challenge to many fund initiators. Four years ago, in response to statutory requirements...

Author: Mathias Wilhelm and Jürgen Lemmen