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Vilma Domenicucci, Senior Tax Advisor at ALFI
June 3, 2021

ALFI: continue financial service VAT exemption

VAT rules are a mess in the EU financial services sector. The current regime dates from 1977, well…
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Xavier Rubbens - CBP Quilvest Belgium
Asset Managers
June 2, 2021

“We have an old-school approach and I take that as a compliment”

Taking an ‘old-school’ approach to asset management, but in the positive sense of the term, is what…
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Philippe Gijsels, chief strategist, BNP Paribas Fortis,
Asset Managers
June 1, 2021

“Private equity in wealth portfolios to double”

At BNP Paribas Fortis, the bank has seen its private equity business double and even triple in…
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Edward Wierenga of NNIP
Asset Servicing
May 31, 2021

Digitalisation pulls funds forward

Despite much talk about the cost and efficiency benefits of digitalisation and clients moving very…
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Cap: ELTIF sceptic Guillaume Prache, managing director of Better Finance
Asset Managers
May 27, 2021

The ELTIF seeks a role

The acronym ELTIF has been popping up on news sites with increasing regularity in recent months…
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Richard de Groot, ABN Amro
Asset Managers
May 26, 2021

ABN clients opt for higher risk

At ABN Amro, clients have shifted to a higher-risk investment profile. Whereas previously the most…
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Emmanuel Martin (pictured), manager of the Echiquier Convexity SRI Europe fund at La Financière de l'Echiquier
Asset Managers
May 25, 2021

LFDE: quality of convertible bonds better than ever

The average credit quality and rating of convertible bonds has improved significantly in recent…
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Stefano Chao, AZZ
May 21, 2021

Offering international products to Chinese investors

Yesterday we saw how Luxembourg is playing a significant role helping international investors gain…
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Asset Managers
May 20, 2021

Three female fund managers, “apparently notable”

Although it was never a conscious decision, the fact that the DWS real estate fund Europe II is…
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Tae Yoo, Elvinger Hoss
Asset Managers
May 20, 2021

Luxembourg's burgeoning China connection

Quietly, Luxembourg has built substantial fund investment access to the Chinese market. This was…
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