Asset Allocation

Private debt being discussed at the 2025 Global Asset Management conference in Luxembourg. Photo: IO.
Asset Allocation
April 3, 2025

Private debt under scrutiny as market complexity grows

Private debt continues to expand in Luxembourg, but regulators, fund managers and legal experts warn…
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American economist Paul Samuelson (1915-2009) won the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Sciences in 1970. Photo: Wikimedia.
Asset Allocation
April 2, 2025

‘Liberation Day’ reignites a classic trade debate

Trump’s tariff push revives an old trade theory — and investors should pay attention to what…
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Asset Allocation
April 2, 2025

Dutch pioneer tests Eltif waters as Benelux momentum lags

Luxembourg may be leading the charge in Eltif launches under the revised framework, but elsewhere in…
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Scope Research is based in Berlin. Photo: Scope.
Asset Allocation
March 31, 2025

Eltif market enters new phase as domestic momentum builds

The European Long-Term Investment Fund (Eltif) regime is entering a new phase, driven by a surge in…
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Mabrouk Chetouane, head of global market strategy at Natixis IM, speaking in Paris on Thursday. Photo by Natixis IM.
Asset Allocation
March 24, 2025

No one will win when the dollar starts wavering

Can the U.S. dollar maintain its status as a global reserve currency? And what happens when that…
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Asset Allocation
March 20, 2025

Benelux investors keep their cool as Wall Street wobbles

Wall Street wobbles, nerves fray—European investors stay cool, filter the noise, and focus on long…
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Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin. Photo via Unsplash.
Asset Allocation
March 17, 2025

Bund yield rises further as Berlin struggles with budget deal

The German Bund yield continues to rise as Berlin struggles with Friedrich Merz’s planned budget…
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Asset Allocation
March 14, 2025

Emerging markets regain appeal as US equities look overvalued

Emerging markets may finally be ready to retake the spotlight as investors are taking a fresh look…
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Wall Street handelaar, NYSE. Foto door Alex Proimos, via Flickr.
Asset Allocation
March 12, 2025

Wall Street looses patience with Trump

It was the day Wall Street lost patience with President Donald Trump. Monday’s selloff was swift…
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Michael Huether, director of the German economic think tank IW in Cologne. Photo by IW.
Asset Allocation
March 11, 2025

German economy can grow 5% in 2026, says IW economist

When Friedrich Merz echoed Mario Draghi’s ‘whatever it takes’, he signalled a historic shift…
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Ukraine president Zelensky with the Dutch and Luxembourg prime ministers on Thursday in Brussels. Photo by EU.
Asset Allocation
March 7, 2025

Bund yields spike after Merz vows ‘whatever it takes’ on defence

World financial markets remained in a radical readjustment phase on Thursday as the implications of…
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Asset Allocation
March 6, 2025

European ETF market set to double to $4,000 bln by 2029, PwC projects

European exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets could more than double to exceed 4,000 billion dollars by…
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Asset Allocation
March 5, 2025

Market concentration at a 92-year high, UBS Yearbook finds

There aren’t many must-reads in the investment world, but UBS’ Global Investment Returns Yearbook is…
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The Bundestag in Berlin. Photo by Andy Ducker via Flickr.
Asset Allocation
February 19, 2025

Germany votes: a return to the 1930s or stability of the 1990s?

Around 60 million Germans are eligible to vote in Sunday’s national parliamentary elections. For…
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