Collusion Made News Today

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Amundi SA, Europe’s biggest fund manager, had a record-breaking 2021, with assets under management topping 2 trillion euros ($2.3 trillion) for the first time. To mount a proper challenge to the market dominance of BlackRock Inc.

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The European Central Bank has sparked a bond-market tantrum by suggesting inflation may be running so hot that it needs to raise borrowing costs this year.

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- What to Expect in 2022 For asset managers, next year is shaping up to be challenging, to say the least. Faster inflation will prompt central banks to slow, stop and possibly reverse their monetary support of economies, making financial markets trickier to negotiate.

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Which of the following markets would you want your pension fund to have invested in this year? Would it be the one tracking the benchmark index, which has gained about 20%? Or would you prefer it to have bought the subindex that’s climbed by almost three times as much? It soun

Buying lottery tickets satisfies both my altruism and my avarice. It’s time we stopped deriding the practice.

High-earning financiers have been abandoning London and moving to Frankfurt, Paris and Milan. That’s worrisome for the U.K. financial capital.

The U.K. government wants to co-opt long-term savings to build a brighter future. Pension fund trustees should be wary.

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- A slew of investment mishaps has reinforced how seemingly easy-to-trade securities can become petrified assets in a heartbeat.

Bitcoin Crash Pits Wall Street Against `Shrooms May 19 2021, 7:52 PM May 19 2021, 4:35 PM May 19 2021, 7:52 PM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- The “Musk premium” has evaporated from Bitcoin markets, leading to the umpteenth wake-up call for anyone not on magic mushrooms: This is not the future of money. With price swings like a 26% fall in one month, the cryptocurrency is unlikely to be adopted as a widespread method of exchange any time soon. It’s about as useful as a chocola...

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