Max Severijns

Max Severijns

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Investing
March 19, 2024

More analysts expect zero Fed rate cuts before end of year

Increasing numbers of analysts are now forecasting that the Federal Reserve will not implement any…
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March 15, 2024

Market unmoved by Biden’s plans to tax wealth

US President Joe Biden has outlined his ambitions for comprehensive tax reforms targeting large…
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Asset Allocation
March 7, 2024

Private investments hold back university fund returns

Private investment-laden portfolios of US university funds achieved a net return of 7.7 per cent in…
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Vehicle exhausts. Photo by MPCA photos via Flickr CC-BY-2.0.
Laws and Regulations
March 5, 2024

SEC likely to deviate from European climate reporting rules 

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is about to scrap the requirement for Scope-3 reporting…
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Screen image from Akira Kurosawa's 1954 film the Seven Samurai.
February 29, 2024

Weak yen crowns top Japanese companies as ‘Seven Samurai’

That Japan unexpectedly slipped into recession will make the market care. Profits of listed…
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Sector
February 26, 2024

Billions of euros flow out of European property funds

Investors have been liquidating billions of euros in assets in European real estate funds for a year…
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Miners at work with picks and shovels during the 19th century gold rush in Klondike, Alaska.
Asset Allocation
February 22, 2024

Picks-and-shovels strategies alive as Nvidia fuels AI gold rush

Artificial intelligence and semiconductor stocks rallied late Wednesday during after-hours trading…
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Jeroen van Oerle. Photo: Lombard Odier IM.
Sector
February 14, 2024

‘Tokenisation is the next step for asset management’

Tokenisation is the next step for the asset management industry. So says not only Larry Fink…
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Asset Managers
February 6, 2024

Europe has the same commercial property problems as US

Not only the US commercial real estate market is struggling with historically low prices due to…
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Harvey Schwarz, CEO of The Carlyle Group.
Asset Managers
February 2, 2024

Carlyle bites back in debate over risks in private credit

The Bank of England (BoE) this week reiterated its concerns about the risks of higher interest rates…
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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is located at the Bank for International Settlements in Basel.
Sector
January 29, 2024

‘Basel Endgame’ in US seen supporting private credit

While Wall Street is pulling out all the stops to curb ‘Basel III Endgame’, private lenders are in…
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Alcatraz prison. Photo via Flickr CC-BY-2.0.
Asset Managers
January 23, 2024

20-year prison sentence proposed for funds considering ESG

Republicans in the US state of New Hampshire have introduced a bill that makes the consideration of…
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Sector
January 18, 2024

LPs become more demanding as dry powder grows

In the private equity (PE) market, a significant shift is occurring as Limited Partners (LPs)…
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Protests at the AGM of Royal Dutch Shell Group PLC. Photo by Laura Ponchel via Flickr CC-BY-2.0.
Asset Managers
January 15, 2024

Managers ‘turn their back’ on humanity, environment

Support from the world’s preeminent asset managers for shareholder proposals concentrating on…
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