Cross-border funds thrive as managers ditch manual processes
Efama reveals upwards trend in cross-border Ucits and AIFs volumes
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Advisers join asset manager KID reform push
International advisers have joined European fund managers in a call to reform key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products – six months into implementation.
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EFAMA elects new president to succed Dargnat
The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has unanimously elected a new president to replace Christian Dargnat, who has sat in the role since 2013.
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European UCITS sales in April 419% higher than non-UCITS counterparts
Sales of UCITS-qualified funds outstripped their non-UCITS counterparts by 419% in April, according to research by the European Fund and Asset Management Association.
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Trade groups welcome ‘crucial’ european capital markets union
European financial trade bodies have unanimously welcomed in the European Commission’s green paper on creating a Capital Markets Union, describing it as an opportunity to support the industry’s “sustainable economic growth and long-term financing”
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European investment funds soar to record levels
Net sales of European investment funds reached an all-time high of 601bn (£443bn, $685bn) in 2014 with UCITS sales almost doubling, a report revealed today.
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European investors remain focused on bonds
New data from Lipper and The European Fund and Asset Management Association shows that bonds remain very popular across the European mutual fund spectrum.
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EFAMA says industry wants more time for MiFID II
The director general of EFAMA has said the financial industry feels ‘rushed’ into implementing MiFID II following a discussion on EU regulatory initiatives at the group’s annual general meeting.
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UCITS bond sales soared in February
EFAMA’s February sales statistics reflected fresh interest in bond funds against expectations for continued, yet subdued, inflation and low interest rates remaining.
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Tough year for money market funds EFAMA
Money market funds faced a difficult year last year but net sales of long-term UCITS jumped by more than one third.
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PA ANALYSIS European regulators
How did we ever get to the stage where MiFID II, a piece of European legislation, could cause the UK investment industry to undo the time and cost of UK-driven RDR? There may finally be a man who can make sure this never happens again.
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time for supervision not regulation implores
The head of influential asset management trade body EFAMA last night called on politicians to create a “level playing field” for the regulation of financial products in Europe.