The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has published proposed rules on cryptoassets which it says are the most comprehensive regime globally

Nvidia, which makes the chips which power AI and which is at the forefront of the boom, has seen its share price go up 290 per cent over the past two years, leaving most market indices in the dust. So does that mean a bubble is forming?

Steve Hodder, a partner at LCP, said the proportion of the gilt market owned by defined benefit schemes was “quite frightening” - particularly given the number of DB schemes closing and the large amount of buy-out activity

Natural capital investments are finding favour among major asset owners, according to data from Gresham House and AOX’s own sister publication MandateWire. We hear from two asset owners on what’s driving their interest in the sector.

Donald Trump says the US has financed Europe for too long but with many portfolios skewed towards North Americam equities, the reverse might also be true. Can this continue?

Insurers are increasingly keen to invest in private markets, but the lack of opportunities which match their risk profile requirements means their options are limited

Multi-family office GACS believes it is well-positioned to meet the increasing demand for investing in India

British pensions minister Torsten Bell is worried about conflicts of interest in the professional trustee and investment consultants markets

Torsten Bell told the Pensions UK conference he does not believe he will need to use the powers given to him by the pension schemes bill to force funds to invest in UK assets

Moves in the US are afoot to make it easier for pensions to invest in crypto - with Harvard’s endowment a prominent asset owner to do so. But is a similar trend in play on this side of the Atlantic?

Mercer studied 52 countries and found 77 per cent of them impose some sort of investment restriction

Consultants are wary about valuations as the AI-fuelled market boom continued unabated.

Retail investors have been pulling money out of ESG investments for several years as enthusiasm for the style turns negative. Is this reflected among asset owners?

What are the challenges facing the chancellor and are British pension schemes really are laggards compared to Canadian ones, when it comes to investing in private assets?