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February marked another static month for interest rates at major central banks with the much anticipated change of course in the global monetary policy expected to kick in later in the year while emerging market peers soldiered on with easing policy. All four of the central banks overseeing the 10 most heavily traded currencies that held meetings in February - Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and the UK - kept benchmark lending rates unchanged. The U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank...

The ECB’s tacit acknowledgement of money-market expectations for spring interest-rate cuts fuelled hopes for an early move by the bank but it remains likely that markets will have to wait until the summer for easing to begin.

Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Friday 26 January 2024. To get this in your inbox every morning click here. Industry 'must find 50,000 new advisers' With the current adviser population standing at 28,000, the numbers speak for themselves: we need more advisers and we need them now, writes Andy

Candriam has merged several specialist teams to create a "unified" alternative investments platform.

Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Monday 25 September 2023. To get this in your inbox every morning click here. Cyber attacks spike UK financial services firms reported a more than a threefold increase in the number of cyber security breaches to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) in 2023

Global head of fixed income Nicolas Forest succeeds Vincent Hamelink, who becomes CEO

Nicolas Forest was named CIO at Candriam, effective May 1.

Candriam has promoted its global head of fixed income Nicolas Forest to CIO, effective from 1 May.

It has become a lightning rod for the mounting pessimism about the euro area’s economy

Mario Draghi's resignation could impact peripheral debt and the ECB's new bond purchase plan, managers warned.