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A BMW manufacturing plant in Leipzig, Germany. Photo: BMW CC BY-SA 2.0 de
News
July 5, 2022

First German trade deficit in 31 years shows EU’s vulnerability

Germany has unexpectedly reported its first trade deficit since 1991. The reversal of the trade…
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Andrew Balls, CIO Global Fixed Income at Pimco. Photo: Pimco.
Investing
July 4, 2022

Pimco: next five years will be anything but normal

The global macro environment will continue to be anything but normal over the next five years…
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Left to right: Moderator Alexandre Hector, KPMG; Tom Slocock, iCapital; Manuel San Salvador, Antwort; and Olivier Dauman, Indosuez. Photo: LPEA.
Investing
June 30, 2022

Wider access to private equity for HNWIs not without risk

Private Equity in the coming years is set to attract a wider range of investors, in particular those…
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Right to left: Jan Longeval, Frank Vranken, Jan Vergote, Jurgen Vluijmans and moderator Michaël Van Droogenbroeck. Photo: IO.
Asset Allocation
June 27, 2022

Portfolio Day 2022: ‘Shareholder interests best served in US’

An investment portfolio today should consist predominantly of US assets. Impact investing is…
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Quintet's head office in the centre of Luxembourg town. Photo: IO.
Asset Allocation
June 23, 2022

Quintet still sees long term quality in tech stocks

Quintet Private Bank sees “significant long-term opportunities” in a world that has experienced…
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Federal Reserve
Investing
June 23, 2022

What can stop the Fed?

The Federal Reserve is doing something else than what it says it is doing. At last week’s FOMC…
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The eurosign next to the ECB tower in Frankfurt. Photo: Getty Images.
Investing
June 22, 2022

As Eurozone spreads shrink, ECB gets the benefit of doubt

Increasing variations in interest rates on government bonds the Eurozone have reawakened fears of…
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investment fund sales turn negative in second quarter
Investing
June 21, 2022

Mutual fund outflow persists in May, inflow for ETFs

Mutual funds saw net outflows last month at a rate of more than one billion euro per day, while…
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A sign at the Franklin Templeton Investments headquarters campus in San Mateo, California. Photo: Wikipedia.
Investing
June 17, 2022

Franklin Templeton sees more balanced policy risks

Franklin Templeton, one of the world’s ten largest asset managers, this week outlined its views on…
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China stock exchange
Investing
June 16, 2022

China bucks trend with money market inflows during Q1

Net assets of worldwide investment funds decreased by 2.5 percent in the first quarter as the…
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Niall Ferguson addressing the 2022 Amundi World Investment Forum in Paris. Photo: Amundi.
Asset Allocation
June 16, 2022

A rerun of the 1970s requires a profound rethink

It’s not difficult to compare today’s era to the 1970s. An energy crisis, a hot war, a cold war…
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ETF. Image: gotcredit.com via Flickr
Investing
June 14, 2022

European ETF inflows remain ‘far below’ 12-month average

Firms promoting Exchange Traded Funds in Europe have reported 2.5 billion euro in net inflows for…
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Ukraine flag. Photo by Max Kukurudziak via Unsplash CC BY 2.,0
News
June 13, 2022

War, economic downturn hurt fund sales

Firms selling Ucits and alternative investment funds are experiencing a downturn linked to the dire…
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Bear market, illustration via Flickr by Investment Zen CC BY 2.0
Investing
June 9, 2022

Han Dieperink: equity market may fall further

Since 1926, the S&P 500 index has fallen by more than 20 percent fifteen times. On average, the…
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