Wealth Managers

FSMA is Belgium's financial markets regulator. Photo: FSMA.
Supervision
July 20, 2023

FSMA: Fuchs no longer may provide services in Belgium

Luxembourg’s Fuchs & Associés Finance SA is no longer allowed to provide services in Belgium after…
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Banque de Luxembourg. Image: Banque de Luxembourg.
Private Banks
July 18, 2023

Four Luxembourg private banks get top Chambers ranking

Four private banks in Luxembourg have received the highest ranking in the latest “High Net Worth”…
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Jocelyn Pidoux, iCapital
Asset Managers
June 29, 2023

Eltif 2.0 is powering a wholesale private equity transformation

Through various legislative acts over the past 10-15 years, the EU’s push to democratise private…
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Tom Loonen and Jan Saalfrank of Pinsent Masons. Image: IO.
Asset Managers
June 28, 2023

Greenwashing: lessons for investment managers

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. This applies also for well-intended regulations on…
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Raifs were also discussed at the 2023 ALFI Roadshow in Frankfurt.
Asset Managers
June 21, 2023

Valuation adjustments lead to a lacklustre Raif market 

Fewer new reserved alternative investment funds are being registered in Luxembourg this year as…
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Degroof Petercam's offices in Luxembourg.
Private Banks
June 16, 2023

‘Crédit Agricole, ABN, Swiss to bid for Degroof Petercam’

Crédit Agricole, ABN Amro, and “one or two Swiss private banks” have been named as finalists in the…
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Wealth Managers
June 9, 2023

‘Client experience important competitive battleground’

Client experience is becoming a more important competitive battleground in asset management…
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Ben Prade, partner at GP Bullhound. Photo: GP Bullhound.
Asset Managers
June 7, 2023

GP Bullhound sees 2023 as ‘great vintage’ for tech

A stellar performance of a small number of listed tech companies is largely responsible for the…
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EU president Ursula von der Leyen and UK PM Rishi Sunak - Wikimedia Commons/Number 10
Asset Managers
June 4, 2023

UK-EU MoU could end mutual lack of trust, rebuild bridges

A Memorandum of Understanding on financial services agreed between the EU and the UK, published on…
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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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Gaya Herrington, Club of Rome
Asset Managers
May 23, 2023

Anti-ESG policy seen as reason to underweight the US

While those European investors still in doubt about the importance of ESG are becoming increasingly…
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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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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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Degroof Petercam's offices in Luxembourg. Photo: Degroof Petercam.
Asset Managers
May 3, 2023

Owners of Degroof Petercam want to sell their shares

Belgium’s largest independent private bank, Degroof Petercam, is considering a major reshuffle of…
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