Opinion

Tom Loonen, Jan Saalfrank
Opinion
April 12, 2023

Pinsent Masons: Demystifying funds legislation in EU

It was when the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg signed the customs union that a geographical…
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Chart of the week: Red-hot
Investing
April 3, 2023

Chart of the week: hunt for interest drives down inflation

This week, the European Central Bank published its ‘Monetary developments in the euro area’ report…
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Dr Sofia Harrschar, country head Luxembourg, Universal Investment. Photo: UI.
Sector
March 28, 2023

Luxembourg needs a reform of EU social security rules

As Investment Officer knowledge partner, Universal-Investment’s Luxembourg country head Sofia…
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Chart of the week: Red-hot
Investing
March 27, 2023

Chart of the week: the Fed is freaked out

The Federal Reserve still raised interest rates by 25 basis points despite the banking woes. But not…
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Chart of the week: Red-hot
Investing
March 13, 2023

Chart of the Week: Are equities complacent?

Powell opens the door to a 50-basis-point rate hike, interest rates shoot up and equities crash. And…
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Financial regulation in Luxembourg: what’s coming up?
Opinion
March 13, 2023

Financial regulation in Luxembourg: what’s coming?

The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) is working relentlessly to further build…
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Chart of the week: Red-hot
Opinion
March 6, 2023

Chart of the week: are stocks overpriced?

My column last week, titled ‘Cash is king,’ showed that both cash and bonds are again competing with…
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Chart of the week: Red-hot
Opinion
February 27, 2023

Chart of the Week: Cash is King!

Investing is a game of relative things, at least if you do it right. Whether you have a short or…
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Chart of the week: Red-hot
Investing
February 20, 2023

Chart of the week: how many swallows does it take?

There you are with all those fancy indicators like yield curves, ISM Manufacturing, and housing…
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In Flux: Where there’s smoke…
Opinion
February 17, 2023

In Flux: Eltifs will be tough nut to crack

This week’s adoption of the updated EU regulation for long-term investment funds, known as Eltifs…
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Chart of the week: Red-hot
Investing
February 12, 2023

Chart of the week: Red-hot

The US economy created more than half a million jobs in January. That was almost three (!) times…
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Han Dieperink, chief investment strategist at Auréus Asset Management.
Opinion
February 1, 2023

ChatGPT and the world of finance

During my student days in the late 1980s, I was one of the few students who had access to an Apple…
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Jeroen Blokland, founder of True Insights. Image: IO.
Opinion
January 30, 2023

Graph of the week: a major mismatch

The latest ‘chart of the week’ shows a difference between market expectations of what the Federal…
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Edin Mujagic, OHV
Opinion
January 27, 2023

The ECB should learn from the Fed

Forget about all those bars of gold that are heavily guarded because they are incredibly valuable…
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