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Dr Sofia Harrschar, country head Luxembourg, Universal Investment. Photo: UI.
Opinion
January 23, 2023

Alternatives boost institutional funds, UI data shows

Data analysis of transactions of Universal Investment’s institutional clients shows that alternative…
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Blackstone sets record with $22.2 billion secondary fund
Investing
January 20, 2023

Blackstone sets record with $22.2 billion secondary fund

New York-based Blackstone, also present in Luxembourg as a CSSF-regulated AIFM, has raised a record…
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China could be climbing out of the rabbit hole
Investing
January 20, 2023

China could be climbing out of the rabbit hole

China celebrates New Year on Sunday, marking the start of the year of the rabbit, a symbol for…
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Luxembourg has high hopes for redesigned Eltif framework
Asset Managers
January 20, 2023

Luxembourg has high hopes for Eltif 2.0 framework

Luxembourg’s fund industry has high hopes for Eltif 2.0, the revised European regime for long-term…
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Investors remain on edge for Japan's Pandora's box
Investing
January 18, 2023

Japan’s exit from yield curve control has investors on edge

Not Davos, but Tokyo has the markets’ attention this week. The Bank of Japan earlier today defied…
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‘The cleanest dirty shirt is in the US’
Asset Managers
January 16, 2023

El-Erian: ‘The cleanest dirty shirt is in the US’

With economic growth slowing down in all three of the world’s major economies, investors are best…
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Polycrisis world calls for a 20/40/20/20 portfolio’
Investing
January 13, 2023

‘Polycrisis world calls for a 20/40/20/20 portfolio’

The oh-so-popular post-war 60/40 portfolio is worn out - passé. So say many asset allocation…
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Closing KBA, Waystone becomes Ireland's largest Ucits ManCo 
Investing
January 12, 2023

Waystone emerges as big gorilla in the Raif market

In the Luxembourg market for Reserved Alternative Investment Funds, Dublin-headquartered investment…
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Investing
January 11, 2023

Despite hawkish Fed, markets believe pivot is near

Unlike the Federal Reserve itself, investors believe the “Fed pivot” moment is approaching rapidly…
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As sign of the times, secondary funds gain traction
Investing
January 11, 2023

As sign of the times, secondary funds gain traction

Secondary funds are gaining traction in Luxembourg’s private equity market. Unlike primary funds…
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Pandoo, as single brand, replaces Pandomus and Pancura 
Asset Servicing
January 10, 2023

Pandoo, as single brand, replaces Pandomus, Pancura 

Two Luxembourg brand names in the alternative investments business are disappearing. Fund…
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Luxembourg set to brace any financial turmoil 2023 may bring
Investing
January 9, 2023

Luxembourg confident it can weather any turmoil in 2023

Geopolitical uncertainty, rising interest rates, more stringent sustainability requirements…
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Vladimir Putin meeting with Xi Jinping at the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022. Photo via Wikipedia CC-BY-4.0
Investing
January 5, 2023

‘Rogue Russia’, ‘Maximum Xi’ are top geopolitics risks

Individual autocrats in Russia and China as well as at a number of top global technology firms pose…
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What our experts expect? Uncertainty, perhaps greater than ever
Sector
January 2, 2023

IO experts expect uncertainty, perhaps greater than ever

Uncertainty regarding monetary policy, inflation, and the pace at which the climate crisis is…
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