Raymond Frenken

Raymond Frenken

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Money market funds emerge as tokenization proving ground

Money market funds have become institutional finance’s first serious test of blockchain. Blackrock…
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Investing
August 19, 2026

Long end forces bond market reset

Developed-market bond markets are undergoing a long-end repricing as investors demand more…
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Investing
August 12, 2026

In the AI rally, the question now is who earns back the billions

The sharp pullback in semiconductor stocks is forcing investors to confront a fundamental question…
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Rene Paulussen (PwC), Josephine Eiserman (Trustmoore) and Sebastiaan Hooghiemstra (Loyens & Loeff)
Asset Servicing
August 6, 2026

After a decade of success, the RAIF searches for a new growth engine

The first decade of Luxembourg’s Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF) established a new model…
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UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti and Swiss finance minister Karin Keller-Sutter.
Wealth Managers
July 30, 2026

UBS at loggerheads with Bern as Q2 exceeds expectations

UBS once again exceeded expectations, but for Europe’s largest wealth manager, the biggest challenge…
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Laws and Regulations
July 28, 2026

How Luxembourg’s RAIF changed European private markets

Ucits helped establish Luxembourg as Europe’s leading domicile for cross-border retail investment…
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AMF president AMF voorzitter Mari-Anne Barbat-Layani (left) and her AFM counterpart Laura van Geest.
Supervision
July 23, 2026

AFM and AMF challenge Luxembourg over ESMA role

The Dutch and French market regulators have told EU governments to move beyond debating whether ESMA…
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Luxembourg. Photo: Unsplash.
Family Offices
July 23, 2026

Orientis sees family office gap below 500 million euros

A gap is opening in Europe’s family-office market between families large enough to need…
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Maria Luís Albuquerque, European Commissioner for Financial Services. Photo: EU.
Laws and Regulations
July 6, 2026

Banking Union faces credibility test

The European Union is reopening one of the hardest questions left from the global financial crisis…
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De sterke vraag naar chipmachines van ASML weerspiegelt de wereldwijde investeringsgolf in AI-infrastructuur. Foto: ASML.
Investing
July 3, 2026

A new capex supercycle is taking shape

Capital expenditure is set to become the defining theme for investors in 2026 as a new investment…
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Private Banks
July 1, 2026

Wealth keeps economy afloat, UBS says

Private wealth is increasingly shaping the economic cycle, not just reflecting household prosperity…
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Hans van Summeren (left) and Frank de Hek. Photo: Andreas Capital/Oaklins.
Family Offices
June 26, 2026

Oaklins buys Andreas Capital to move into family wealth

Oaklins Netherlands is acquiring multi-family office Andreas Capital, a move that will allow the M&A…
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Europese vlag in Straatsburg. Photo: Philippe Buissin, EU.
Supervision
June 25, 2026

Fault lines visible as EU gears up for market supervision push

Europe’s plans to centralize capital markets supervision are sharpening tensions inside the EU…
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Guy Stear, head of developed markets strategy at the Amundi Investment Institute. Photo: Amundi.
Investing
June 25, 2026

New AI phase may favor Europe, says Amundi

Europe’s long-discounted equity market may gain a new growth argument as artificial intelligence…
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