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Bitcoin. Image via Coincu CC-BY-2.0
Technology
December 8, 2023

SEC rejection of spot bitcoin ETFs faces challenges

Is the US Spot Bitcoin ETF Hype Overblown? The SEC’s rejection of spot bitcoin ETFs faces legal…
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The Bank of England. Photo: David Iliff, CC by-SA 3.0
Supervision
December 8, 2023

Private debt ‘particularly vulnerable,’ says BoE

The Bank of England (BoE) has issued a warning about the risks posed by private credit and leveraged…
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Gilles Moëc, AXA IM
Asset Managers
December 7, 2023

AXA: Expectations of rate cuts, price cooling ‘reasonable’

Market expectations of central bank interest rate cuts in 2024 are reasonable, according to Gilles…
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Gregory Kennedy, IO columnist. Image: IO.
Opinion
December 7, 2023

Letting Ireland dominate ETFs is pure madness

On the 4th of September 1996, Luxembourg signed its most recent tax treaty with the United States of…
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BlackRock's headquarters in New York.
Asset Managers
December 7, 2023

BlackRock defies market with interest rate forecast for 2024

BlackRock, during the presentation of its 2024 Global Outlook at its New York headquarters…
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Sector
December 6, 2023

CSSF: ‘Frozen accounts not to be seen as material issue’

The fact that financial institutions in Luxembourg have frozen some 86.000 investor accounts should…
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Frederik Redele, Commenda
Family Offices
December 6, 2023

At Commenda, family assets strive to improve the world

Where “old money” mainly sought to leave wealth intact, “new money” is going out into the wide world…
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Asset Managers
December 5, 2023

Target-date ETFs break new ground in retirement plans

After a previous setback, BlackRock is launching new target-date ETFs, aiming at the vast market of…
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Steen Jakobsen, CIO at Saxo Bank. Photo: Saxo.
News
December 5, 2023

Reality often outpaced fantasy in Saxo’s outlook calls

Saxo Bank’s annual Outrageous Predictions, a brainchild of Steen Jakobsen, CIO at Saxo, have become…
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A AML/KYC debat at the ALFI private assets conference.
Sector
December 4, 2023

Fund sector battles rising compliance pressures

Investment firms are struggling with AML/KYC requirements, with one fund manager saying his AML/KYC…
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