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London roundtable: Operating in the new normal Our panel of experts at Funds Europe’s London roundtable – held online on October 27 – look at how the asset management industry is adapting to life after Covid-19 as the world struggles to come to terms with the pandemic. Pascal Duval (head of retail solutions, Amundi) Darren Pilbeam (head of UK retail sales, Natixis) Nigel Smith (managing director, UK client group, Ninety One) Robin Creswell (managing principal, Payden & Rygel) Julian Ide ...

Asset management: Turning risk into opportunity  Feb 01, 2021 By Funds Europe Our London roundtable recently discussed what other risk, apart from Covid-19, is the current major factor for the asset management industry. Here three panellists give their answers.  Pacal Duval, head of retail solutions, Amundi – Firstly, there is fantastic opportunity ahead of us. There’s a lot of cash accumulating into bank deposits. That is the opportunity for us to demonstrate that we can add value abov...

Natixis IM taps into thematics, Funds Europe panel hears Jan 19, 2021 By Funds Europe Natixis Investment Managers enjoyed the trend towards thematic investment last year, or so Darren Pilbeam, head of retail sales at the firm, indicated. Pilbeam was speaking at a recent Funds Europe roundtable in which we discussed how asset allocations appear to be changing due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Morningstar this week highlighted the popularity of thematic investment, saying thematics were the “big...