Amundi loses head of UK wholesale
Brian Clay has left his role as head of UK wholesale at Amundi Pioneer, Portfolio Adviser has learned.
Brian Clay has left his role as head of UK wholesale at Amundi Pioneer, Portfolio Adviser has learned.
Pioneer struggled with €1.5bn (£1.3bn) of outflows in March as investors escaped funds run by its former head of European fixed income, Tanguy Le Saout.
The first round of the French election is a few days away. So what are investors doing to protect against another potential shock victory and near-term volatility?
The sharp jump in global inflation expectations since Donald Trump’s US election success papers over several significant differences in the inflation path for different countries, said Tanguy Le Saout.
French asset management firm Amundi has confirmed its interest in buying Pioneer Investment from Italian bank UniCredit but denied the €4bn (£3.6bn, $4.4bn) bid offer reported in the media.
True alpha is not generated from single trades, argues Pioneer’s Adam Macnulty, but is the result of a carefully built portfolio of multiple, independent strategies.
The expected 10 basis points rate cut by the European Central Bank this week would provide a “big boost” to peripheral sovereign markets such as Italy, according to Tanguy Le Saout, head of European fixed income at Pioneer Investments.
At our recent PA Emerging Markets event, wealth managers told us they are incredibly positive on the developing world while the specialist fund managers were less so – we asked them why.
At our PA Emerging Markets event, we asked seven expert fund managers if investing across the regions was any more difficult than getting value from Europe; taking on Latin American bonds and banks; and getting the right Asian balance between India’s positives and China’s weaknesses.
Pioneer Investments has made its Absolute Return Multi Strategy available to UK investors.
Santander Asset Management and Pioneer Investments have reached a preliminary deal to merge into one firm under the Pioneer brand.
As part of a global fund strategy, Pioneer Investments is launching two new liquid alternative strategies through Luxembourg-domiciled funds.