ESG YTD performance and market structure
Can we continue talking of an ESG factor following 2022 underperformance? How ESG indices performed in 2023 year to date and why? What have been the impact on fund flows? Did the greening of portfolios continue in 2023? We answer all those questions in this article and take an in-depth look to ESG (sustainable) market structure both for equity and fixed income assets with a split between index and non-index funds.
Are crypto ETPs a growing part of investors’ portfolios?
What are the implications of this upgrade for investors? have crypto assets confirmed their stake in investors’ portfolios? Have crypto flows rebounded? Toward which crypto segments flows have been going year to date? What crypto asset sector has performed best in 2023?
What place for Active ETFs in investors’ portfolios?
What share for active ETFs in investors’ portfolios worldwide? Are European portfolios following the same trend as those of American investors? What is the real place of active ETFs in investors’ portfolios?
Factor or sector, active or index funds: who are the winners so far in 2022?
Have investors favoured factor or sector strategies in this chaotic context? What is the place of smart beta in investors’ portfolios? Has the turbulent economic and financial context of 2022 called into question investors’ appetite for sustainable investing? What happened in August on the flows?
Active funds vs ETFs in Europe: flow review so far in 2021
Have investors favored active management or ETFs in the third quarter of 2021? Do they prefer active management or ETFs to invest in sustainable funds? What about flows to traditional funds?

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Active vs passive funds: what did investors do during the first half of 2022?
How to analyse what investors have done during this turbulent semester in the financial markets? Did they prefer active management or passive management? Is this a harbinger of a change in trend, or just a temporary rebalancing after two years marked by the Covid 9 pandemic?
Active funds vs ETFs: Are investors’ portfolios more sustainable?
Did investors continue to focus on active management or ETFs for sustainable investments in the first quarter of 2022? Article 8 or 9 sustainable funds: where are the assets of ETFs vs active funds? Is the increase of sustainable fund assets accompanied by a change in fund benchmarks?
Active funds vs ETFs: in a context of geopolitical crisis, what allocation choices did investors make?
Did investors prefer active management or ETFs in February 2022? In which geographical areas or strategies have the flows been concentrated? What impact for portfolio construction?
Active funds vs ETFs: Did Eurozone equity funds benefit from the market recovery in March 2022?
Did investors favour active management or ETFs on Eurozone equities in March 2022? How have active funds vs. ETFs performed in this segment? What impact for portfolio construction?