Stephen Evans

Cap: ELTIF sceptic Guillaume Prache, managing director of Better Finance
Asset Managers
May 27, 2021

The ELTIF seeks a role

The acronym ELTIF has been popping up on news sites with increasing regularity in recent months…
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Stefano Chao, AZZ
May 21, 2021

Offering international products to Chinese investors

Yesterday we saw how Luxembourg is playing a significant role helping international investors gain…
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Tae Yoo, Elvinger Hoss
Asset Managers
May 20, 2021

Luxembourg's burgeoning China connection

Quietly, Luxembourg has built substantial fund investment access to the Chinese market. This was…
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Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative
May 17, 2021

Green investing rules nuanced

Be under no illusion. Discussions around the EU green investing taxonomy are likely to go to the…
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Martin Parkes, BlackRock
Asset Managers
April 29, 2021

‘PEPP to become the UCITS of pensions’

Despite some last-minute political tweaks, the Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) has the…
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April 22, 2021

Working-from-home regulation not adding to regulatory burden

Few doubt the pandemic has changed for good the lives of the near half of the Luxembourg workforce…
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April 14, 2021

Luxembourg and the post-Covid tax tussle

That a global minimum corporate tax rate is being perused by the Biden administration is a…
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Asset Managers
April 8, 2021

Asset management: 5 turbulent years ahead

Some predict technology will undermine the rationale behind the investment fund. Others see it…
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April 1, 2021

Brexit for funds: the rubber hits the road

Any faint optimism that a memorandum of understanding between financial services regulators might…
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Asset Servicing
March 25, 2021

Third-party ManCos evolve into ‘governance solution providers’

Luxembourg’s third-party management companies (ManCos) are increasingly positioning themselves as…
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Asset Managers
March 18, 2021

 ‘Don’t touch AIFMD!’ say asset managers

The AIFMD may not be perfect but it is pretty good, so please don’t reform it after the current on…
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Private Banks
March 11, 2021

BLI: We invest to make money, not to beat a benchmark

The Grand Duchy hosts few portfolio management operations, despite being a world leader for cross…
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Private Banks
March 4, 2021

Luxembourg banks play it safe amid SFDR uncertainty

With less than a week until the SFDR reporting deadline, client advisers and asset managers in…
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February 25, 2021

EU-UK equivalence ‘only a temporary fix’ for fund industry

EU-UK relations regarding financial sector regulation are liable to be fraught and driven by…
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