Despite tough times for private markets in recent years, family offices are seeing increased interest in private equity and venture capital, especially among the younger generation. “Oh, yes. Big time,” said Raphael Eber when Investment Officer asked …

EFAMA’s Tanguy van de Werve says securitisation can help reconnect investors with the real economy, if Brussels can manage to deliver clarity, proportionate rules, and trust. Securitisation is back on Europe’s policy agenda. Once seen as a symbol of …

A targeted educational intervention can break the free dividends fallacy among retail investors. The result: a lasting behavioral change that reveals how fragile—yet how malleable—the demand for dividends truly is. In the financial world, Miller and …

Two major European cross-border asset management relationships are losing momentum, with Italian financial groups reassessing their reliance on French partners. Unicredit is preparing to exit its long-standing distribution deal with Amundi, while merger …

There was a time when private markets moved in neat sequences. A fund manager raised capital, a placement agent opened doors, an administrator handled the paperwork, and a depositary kept watch. Everyone had their lane, their contract, their comfort zone. …

It was fall break in October, which meant plenty of travelers crossed the Atlantic to visit New York. One of the perks: shopping in the Big Apple had become much cheaper than at the start of the year. The euro has climbed from nearly 1.00 dollar to about …

Artificial intelligence has become the dividing line between progress and obsolescence in Luxembourg’s financial industry. At both the Bloomberg Luxembourg Investment Summit and the LPEA Insights Conference, senior figures warned that firms ignoring AI do …

Claude Marx, head of Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF, has issued a clear warning to the financial sector: Europe's banks and asset managers area falling behind in the race to adopt artificial intelligence. “We are facing an economic revolution and …

It took a little longer than expected, but the delayed US inflation figure for October came in just slightly below expectations. That means that, by the time this column is published, the Federal Reserve will have cut interest rates by another quarter …

Two weeks ago, we wrote that gold was poised to skyrocket. Last week, it took its biggest hit in a decade. Markets have a way of humbling both investors and journalists, and few assets do it as reliably as the yellow metal. “Gold could still double,” …

Next generation drives family office appetite for private equity

Brussels urged to cut the white noise in securitisation

The myth of “free” dividends

Italy cools on French fund groups as UniCredit exits Amundi deal

The great intermediary reboot

A strong euro? Quite the opposite

AI becomes dividing line between progress and obsolescence

CSSF chief warns financial sector risks missing the AI revolution

Chart of the week: the short-term memory of investors, economists, and experts

Turns out gold doesn't only go up