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JP Morgan Asset Management presents its Mid-Year Economic Outlook in Luxembourg. Photo: IO..
Asset Managers
June 8, 2023

JP Morgan AM: alternatives are ‘absolute necessity’

The negative correlation between bonds and stocks is no longer a certainty due to structurally…
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Wim Vandenhoeck, senior portfolio manager for EMD and global bonds at Invesco.
Asset Managers
May 24, 2023

Fed’s ‘pause mode’ could take longer than market expects

The market is expecting a 75 basis point rate cut by the Federal Reserve after a six-month pause…
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PWC's Luxembourg office. Photo: PWC
Asset Managers
May 24, 2023

PwC: Luxembourg ManCos redesigning operating models

Market consolidation, pressure on cost and the weight of regulation have reduced the total number of…
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Gertjan Verdickt
Opinion
May 24, 2023

Is bitcoin the new gold in a portfolio?

One of the elements that Bitcoin investors cite is the cryptocurrency’s performance when the stock…
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New Raif registrations remain below year-ago levels
Asset Managers
May 23, 2023

Raif registrations down 20% for year to date vs 2022

Fund management companies in Luxembourg registered some 22 new reserved alternative investment funds…
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Constantijn van Oranje, technology investment envoy at Amsterdam-based Techleap.
News
May 23, 2023

‘Institutional portfolios can do with more venture capital’

Institutional investment portfolios in Europe could do with more venture capital, especially when it…
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Chart of the week: Red-hot
Investing
May 21, 2023

Chart of the Week: Fund manager yet to unwind risk

The latest edition of the Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey shows that fund managers are…
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financial markets
Investing
May 16, 2023

Private assets: the global 2022 results are in. Finally!

It’s the middle of May and the full-year results are in. For publicly listed companies it would be…
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Jeroen Blokland, True Insights
Investing
May 14, 2023

Chart of the week: Profit doubts

Markets globally expect earnings to rise over the next 12 months. Whether in the US or emerging…
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ELTIF
Wealth Managers
May 11, 2023

Brown Brothers Harriman to support Schroders’ first Eltif

Brown Brothers Harriman (Luxembourg) S.C.A. said on Thursday it has been selected by Schroders…
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Investors in private markets are normally required to keep their investments locked up for a long time, anywhere between three and 10 years. Photo via Flickr CC-BY-2.0.
Investing
May 9, 2023

‘Private markets have reached an inflection point’

The upcoming arrival of retail investors in private markets, combined with economic headwinds and…
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Jeroen Blokland, True Insights
Investing
May 8, 2023

Chart of the Week: Look beyond inflation

The money supply is rapidly shrinking, something that rarely, if ever, happens. In the United States…
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Eltifs are European long-term investment funds.
Asset Managers
May 4, 2023

Selling Eltifs to the masses requires distribution adjustments

The launch of the amended Eltif regulation – version 2.0 – fits a narrative in some quarters that…
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Blackstone's BREIT owns 8 Spruce Street is a 76-story skyscraper designed by architect Frank Gehry in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, NY USA. Photo by Matt Walter via Flickr CC-BY-2.0
Asset Managers
May 2, 2023

Blackstone fund accepts less than one third of redemptions

The Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, one of the world’s largest property investment funds, in…
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