August is traditionally a quiet month in the media but Mediolanum International Funds bucked that trend to receive significant engagement with journalists across the content. The coverage was  driven by the announcement of Stephen Tapley joined us  as Deputy Head of High Yield, and the news was picked up right across our three markets. Here are some of the key stories we featured in.

UK and Ireland

The appointment led our coverage here. Citywire reported it first, Mediolanum's fund arm taps RLAM for high yield deputy while Investment Week framed the hire as an expansion of our fixed income capabilities: Mediolanum International Funds to expand fixed income capabilities with senior appointment .

Funds Europe set the hire in the context of the team we have been building: Mediolanum continues to build up high yield team with Tapley hire. Portfolio Adviser covered it as Mediolanum names deputy head of high yield, and the Business Post reported it at home as Mediolanum investment arm appoints high-yield deputy head.

Other coverage included The Desk, International Adviser and  Wealth Briefing.

Away from the appointment, our Head of Fixed Income, Daniel Loughney, provided the market commentary for a Business Post feature on how bond markets are reading the relationship between the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury: Coordination or conflict entitled Bond markets closely monitor relationship between the Fed and US Treasury.

While Ignites Europe also featured Mediolanum in a piece on Dublin's growing pull for fund industry talent: Why fund staff are choosing Dublin for their next career move.

Germany

Patrick McKenna, our Deputy Head of Multi Management Portfolio Management, made the case for emerging markets in a written interview with Finanzwelt: Nachhaltiges Comeback?

Our Head of Equities, Terry Ewing, contributed to e-fundresearch's expert survey on the biggest blind spots facing investors in the second half of the year: Experten-Umfrage: Die größten Blind Spots im zweiten Halbjahr 2026

Our Head of ESG, Inma Conde, took part in the same title's survey of fund professionals on what convinces them about SFDR 2.0 and what does not: Vom Label zur Substanz? Was Fondsprofis an SFDR 2.0 überzeugt und was nicht.

Portfolio Manager Cathal Gaffney opened the month asking whether Japanese monetary policy is turning out tighter than expected, in a comment carried by Intelligent Investors: Japans Geldpolitik: Straffer, als erwartet?

The Tapley appointment was picked up across nine German titles at the end of the month, led by Institutional Money, with further coverage in FondsCheck, Finanz Nachrichten, TiAM FundResearch and experten.de.

It also ran in finanzwelt Online, Altii, private banking magazin and FONDS professionell.

Spain

Spain gave the appointment its widest single-market run, with eleven titles carrying it on the day. Europa Press moved the story and El Confidencial led on where he came from: Mediolanum ficha en Royal London AM a su nuevo subdirector del área de renta fija high yield.

Forbes, Funds Society España and Capital all carried it, as did Bolsamanía and El Asesor Financiero ).

The story was also picked up by Demócrata, Diario Siglo XXI, Crónica de Cantabria and Mercado Financiero.

Check back next month to see what the European media were asking our Mediolanum experts!