Rogier Quirijns of Cohen & Steers spoke about the challenges the property sector has faced and whether it can bounce back. Rising interest rates and the pandemic acting as a catalyst for how we live and work has changed the face of the real estate sector. One portfolio manager keeping an eye on all such matters is Citywire A-rated Rogier Quirijns, …

Stacy Havener has raised $8bn for boutiques ‘that shouldn’t win’. Describing herself as blue-collar, ‘who got the wrong degree from the wrong school’, she sets out her stall as a much-needed misfit in the asset management industry. Her degree was English literature. And indeed, Havener is a storyteller, having communicated advice already through Ci…

At 12 years in charge of global asset manager PGIM, David Hunt is one of the longest-serving CEOs in the business, anywhere. This tenure might have missed the financial crisis, but it has taken in a global pandemic, a European war, spiralling inflation and fast-rising rates. There is also the never-ending challenge of generating after-cost returns …

Citywire sits down with David Zahn, head of sustainable fixed income at Franklin Templeton, to discuss opportunities in the green bond market.Citywire による

Juan Delgado-Moreira was named co-CEO of private markets manager Hamilton Lane last year, alongside Erik Hirsch. Based in Hong Kong, Delgado’s particular focus is on expanding Hamilton Lane’s presence and distribution footprint around the world. Joining Citywire Selector editor Will Robins in Citywire’s London studio, Delgado tackles questions abou…

Few fund manager changes have created as big of a stir in recent year as the news that five of Allianz Global Investors’ 12-strong equity growth team were jumping ship in October of last year. The quintet – Thorsten Winkelmann, Marcus Morris-Eyton, Robert Hoffman, Nicolas Goncalves and Darina Valkova – resurfaced at AllianceBernstein in January 202…

Cathy Hepworth of PGIM Fixed Income discusses how the ‘great power competition’ between the US and its rivals is reshaping investment in the developing world. With the face of global geopolitics rapidly changing, keeping abreast of developments in the huge universe of emerging market debt is no mean feat. Cathy Hepworth, who manages a host of local…

2024 has been dubbed the year of the polls, with 50 countries holding elections and more than 2 billion voters heading to the polls, including in the US, UK, India, Mexico and South Africa. Mike Coop, Morningstar’s chief investment officer for EMEA, discusses which are the most important election in his opinion and how investors can protect portfol…

Aviva Investors chief economist Mick Grady assesses the global economy moving into 2024 and explains his firm’s asset allocation strategy. With the majority of 2024 lying ahead, Aviva Investors chief economist and investment strategist Mick Grady has plenty to think about. He spoke to Citywire Selector news editor Ian Heath about how 2023 panned ou…

PODCAST: Morningstar’s sustainability director Hortense Bioy on the importance of not losing sight of the 1.5C targetCitywire による

Morningstar’s Arthur Carabia and Lindsey Stewart speak to Citywire’s Krystle Higgins on what governments need to enforce to support the climate agenda at COP28. COP28 is a crucial landmark in the fight against climate change, and keeping the financial and corporate worlds on track to achieving net zero emissions. Morningstar’s Arthur Carabia, direc…

With investors at their most excited about the Japanese equity market in decades, Citywire Selector spoke to the co-manager one of the best funds in the sector. Citywire AAA-rated Ben Williams spoke to Selector news editor Ian Heath about why he thinks the turnaround in Japan’s fortunes is here to stay and what is driving this trend. Topics include…

The recent flare-up in violence in Israel and Gaza has shocked the world and is among a number of geopolitical threats faced right now. Anna Rosenberg, who is the head of geopolitics at the Amundi Investment Institute, dropped in to speak to Selector news editor Ian Heath about these key issues and the risks investors need to be aware of. They disc…

The ability to know your limits and have the courage to hire people to take on aspects that might not be your strong point can make or break a start-up venture. That’s one of the key takeaways from Jacob Mitchell, co-founder and chief investment officer of Antipodes Partners, who shared the story of how he developed his global equity shop in this f…

Allspring Global Investment’s EM equity veteran, Derrick Irwin joins Citywire’s Krystle Higgins to discuss how investable China is right now. Irwin has been in the industry for 30-years, and discussed how the current investor pessimism compares to other economic challenges faced by the second largest economy in the world. Irwin also makes a case th…

The saying goes that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks. But one person who might disagree is Chris Reid, chief investment officer and founder of Cambridge-based boutique Iguana Investments. Reid dropped into Citywire’s London studios to speak to Selector news editor Ian Heath about how after a two-year hiatus from investment management he has …

‘It’s really, really stressful’. Dan Brocklebank, UK director of Orbis Investments, has perhaps summarised the chief challenge facing all independent asset managers, but it is not all downside. Speaking as part of our Boutique Builders podcast series, Brocklebank outlined what drives business thinking at the UK-based group, how investment returns r…