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Fund giant floors major European banks with salvo of block sales

The American fund giant Capital Group seems to be the driving force behind a series of block sales in three major European banks. Several major European banks will receive a heavy blow on the stock market on Tuesday.

Several major European banks suffered sharp losses on the stock market on Tuesday. Deutsche Bank

gets a tap of 8.3 percent, Commerzbank

yields 8 percent.

The Capital Group’s colossal EuroPacific Growth fund seems to be the culprit. The US fund giant appears to be the driving force behind more than $3 billion in block sales in major European financial institutions in recent weeks. Bloomberg writes. Previously, the American fund house was also mentioned as the anonymous seller who dumped a large package of Barclays stock.

Capital Group appears to be rapidly reducing its exposure to the European banking sector. European banks are faced with a double challenge: rampant (wage) inflation and a possible recession in the wake of the war in Ukraine.

Capital Group has not yet commented. The European growth fund in question is run by 12 managers, according to Bloomberg, and has underperformed its benchmark index over the past year. After technology, banks are the largest sector in the fund.

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