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"Handling the psychological aspect is the biggest challenge in investing"

In the "MAPFRE AM Interview of the Month" section, Luis García, manager of the MAPFRE AM Behavioral Fund, explains the importance of psychology in investments and the fund's philosophy.

The dilemma of rising rates and the case of SVB

Gonzalo de Cadenas, director of macroeconomic and financial analysis at MAPFRE Economics, studies the collapse of SVB and its implications for monetary policy.

The SVB case: a practical guide for small investors

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has put investors, analysts and authorities on alert. Alberto Matellán, chief economist at MAPFRE Inversión, explains its possible effects.

Markets head south after Powell's intervention in Congress

Equity markets around the world reacted with doubts after US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell's speech to the US Congress, in which he did not rule out higher-than-expected interest rate hikes due to the strength of macroeconomic data.

The asset management industry is increasingly egalitarian

Women's Day is celebrated on March 8, with the aim of further reducing the gender gap and achieving a much more egalitarian world, also in the investment world. In the asset management industry, demands include recognizing the work of women professionals, reducing the salary gap and reconciling work and family life. We talked to four MAPFRE AM professionals.

The consolidation of sustainable investment: new challenges and issues

During 2022, we saw how investing with sustainable criteria was affected by geopolitical factors, such as the invasion of Ukraine, or economic factors, such as rising inflation.

MAPFRE Gestión Patrimonial launches offensive to attract 12,000 clients

MAPFRE Gestión Patrimonial, the MAPFRE unit that offers professional financial advice to its clients, is taking a new step in its wealth management strategy and will promote the cross-selling of advisory services among the Group's insurance customers, which amount to more than 7.4 million.

Fernando Mata (MAPFRE CFO): “We hope to see profits, and therefore dividends, grow in the coming years”

MAPFRE presents its results to individual shareholders, an exercise in transparency that it has been carrying out for the past five years.

Persistent inflation dampens investor enthusiasm

The latest inflation data in the United States, which confirmed that the slowdown in price growth was going to be more gradual than expected, has caused investors to lose the enthusiasm that had marked the first weeks of 2023.