Mike Gordon

Forestry investments. Photo via Unsplash.
Asset Allocation
May 10, 2022

Amid pulp shortage, forest funds promote sustainability

Investing in trees might at first not seem the quickest route to wealth. Yet timber investments…
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May 5, 2022

Luxembourg faces stiff competition in green finance

The Global Green Finance Index, a leading international index ranking sustainable finance activities…
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Luxembourg Raif issuance jumps 36% in H1, data analysis shows 
Asset Managers
May 2, 2022

Raif registration growth tails off, but still steady

Growth in funds registered as Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (RAIFs) in Luxembourg has slowed…
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Laws and Regulations
April 12, 2022

'Luxembourg set for mass adoption of tokenisation'

With its DLT white paper released in January, supervisor CSSF has triggered a broad industry debate…
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Private Banks
April 8, 2022

Ireland set to compete with new SCSp partnership regime

Nearly nine years after the introduction of a Luxembourg fund vehicle known as the SCSp, allowing…
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Panel on digital assets at the 2022 Alfi European Asset Management conference in Luxembourg.
Private Banks
April 1, 2022

Asset custody industry faces digital demands

The popularity of digital assets will lead to significant changes for the financial industry…
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Laws and Regulations
March 30, 2022

Regulation seeks to encourage trust in digital assets

Digital assets are the talk of the Luxembourg financial centre and across Europe, with Mairead…
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Philip Suchta, Q Securities. Photo: Q Securities.
March 21, 2022

Q Securities set to launch Luxembourg crypto fund

A Luxembourg-based investment firm that announced late last week that it will launch what it calls…
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EU flags at the European Commission building in Brussels. Photo via Unsplash.
Laws and Regulations
March 15, 2022

After false start, review sets up Eltifs for success

A comprehensive review by the European Commission has the potential to put the European long-term…
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BlueOrchard CEO Philipp Mueller with a micro-entrepreneur in Lima, Peru. Photo: BlueOrchard
Asset Managers
March 10, 2022

BlueOrchard CEO: impact investing brings resilience

Impact investing looks to put investment money to work on bringing about measurable change in the…
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Vianden castle in Luxembourg. Photo via Unsplash.
Laws and Regulations
March 4, 2022

Luxembourg reluctant to move on Russian oligarchs

Luxembourg has joined the international move to impose sanctions against Russia for its ruthless…
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March 1, 2022

Swiss join EU sanctions against Russia

Switzerland, long a place for Russian oligarchs to park their money, announced Monday it would set…
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Luxembourg. Photo by Cedric Letsch on Unsplash
Laws and Regulations
February 28, 2022

Luxembourg reforms its business registers

Part of Luxembourg’s effort to tackle allegations that it enables questionable business and tax…
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HomeToGo - Luxembourg Spac listed in Frankfurt
News
February 25, 2022

Spacs still prospering despite challenging conditions

Spacs – special purpose acquisition vehicles – had a very good year in 2021, with some 600 Spacs…
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