
European investors choose passive sustainable funds
European investors continue to the lead the charge for sustainable investing, ploughing USD9.4 billion into funds in the third quarter of 2026.

European investors continue to the lead the charge for sustainable investing, ploughing USD9.4 billion into funds in the third quarter of 2026.

Asset managers gave a muted response to the UK Budget from Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey this week, with one describing it as a “non-event”.

It is tough out there for asset managers and it is about to get tougher, according to research from PwC.

Asset managers ever more reliant on artificial intelligence (AI) to support their investment decisions are becoming more vulnerable to weaker data that informs the technology.

Employee contributions into workplace defined contribution (DC) pension schemes reached in the UK GBP3.2 billion in the first quarter of 2026 representing an increase of around GBP600 million on the previous year, according to October’s ONS funded occupational pension schemes data.

More than half (56 per cent) of investors are already exploring or deploying capital into nature-related investment opportunities, a status update from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) reveals.

As the very real threat from artificial intelligence (AI) to global security makes its way to the top of policymakers’ agendas, so new research shows asset owners may be applying the technology without accompanying oversight.

The majority of asset managers continue to overlook key social issues as part of their wider responsible investment strategies potentially damaging portfolio performance, new research reveals.

Bigger does not necessarily mean better according to Morningstar’s latest analysts of Europe’s largest fund families.

As institutions increasingly rely on artificial intelligence (AI) to support their investment decision making, so too do their underlying investors.