Investing

German nuclear waste stored in containers at the Morsleben depository, around 500 meters below the surface. Photo: Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerug, BGE.de.
Asset Managers
May 31, 2022

Luxembourg Raif helps handle German nuclear waste 

The long-term financing of the storage of German commercial radioactive waste is being provided in…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
May 30, 2022

Chart of the week: the ECB has turned!

The decision is made. The ECB will also raise interest rates now that inflation is showing few signs…
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Photo by Bermix Studio via Unsplash CC BY 2.0
Investing
May 25, 2022

The fragile financing of the United States

The US national debt recently passed the 30,000 billion dollar mark. Since March 2020, the US…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
May 23, 2022

Chart of the week: why are high yield spreads so low?

Spreads on both corporate and high yield bonds have increased significantly in recent weeks…
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Investing
May 19, 2022

‘A good company is not necessarily a good stock’

Financial markets do relatively well when it comes to predicting the future. Collective wisdom is…
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Private equity. Photo by Jernej Furman, CC BY 2.0 via Flickr.
Family Offices
May 17, 2022

Family offices, HNWIs are hungry for private equity

Private markets are no longer the exclusive preserve of large institutional investors. A round of…
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Adrien Bommelaer, portfolio manager at La Financière de l’Echiquier.
Investing
May 16, 2022

Plus ça change… investing in innovation remains key

Dislocation of Europe’s energy supplies, inflation, increased interest rates, Covid lockdowns in…
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Investing
May 13, 2022

Investors have lost their way, Barron's poll shows

The extent of investor confusion about the outlook for financial markets is clear from the latest…
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Amsterdam houses
Investing
May 12, 2022

Real estate as permanent inflation hedge is 'nonsense'

With macroeconomic factors and market sentiment dragging down yields, investors are wondering what…
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Investing
May 11, 2022

European fund assets decline to 14.5 trillion euro in Q1

Total assets under management in the European fund industry fell to 14.5 trillion euro at the end of…
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Investing
May 10, 2022

Position of the 'Nasdaq generals' is faltering

The Nasdaq is in a clear downtrend. It is still being held up by the ‘generals’, the big tech…
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Oil tanker near Malaysia. Photo via Unsplash.
Asset Allocation
May 10, 2022

Fossil fuels: ‘reports of my death are greatly exaggerated’

Despite a wider uptake of alternative energy, fossil fuels like natural gas, oil and coal are here…
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Asset Managers
May 1, 2022

As everyone flees, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway steps in

It was one of the worst stock market quarters in a long time, but Warren Buffett did not stare like…
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Investing
April 22, 2022

Gave sees silver lining around dark clouds over Ukraine

In the first quarter, investors sold off their Chinese shares en masse. Foreign investors who had…
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