Thursday’s 50 basis point rate hike by the European Central Bank came as no surprise. The ECB’s deposit rate now stands at 2.5 percent. The ECB reiterated that it intends to deliver a similar rate hike at its next meeting in March. The ECB’s hike came one …

Economists at PGIM Fixed Income have suggested converting Ukraine's dire debt obligations into new debt. These so-called "freedom bonds" could be backed by frozen Russian assets, according to the bond house. The economic damage caused by the war in …

A major shift in the Dutch retail investor market. Netherlands' largest fund house Robeco decides to focus entirely on institutional and wholesale investors and, with pain in its heart, says goodbye to retail investors. With the takeover, Evi van Lanschot …

The year 2022 will go down in the books as a pitch-black year for investors. A cocktail of worrying developments, including a spike in inflation, tightening monetary policy, the economic implications of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an energy crisis and …

Swiss private bank Union Bancaire Privée, or UBP, has developed a partnership with New York-based Brigade Capital Management to expand its offering of credit-focused investment products. A new fund, U Access (IRL) Brigade Credit Long Short Ucits , …

Intesa Sanpaolo Wealth Management has been created as a new Luxembourg private banking hub following the merger of the Italian bank's troubled Luxembourg unit Fideuram Bank Luxembourg with Compagnie de Banque Privée Quilvest SA, which it took over last …

Private assets might have dropped significantly in value since the “good years” of 2020 and 2021, but despite a bad year in 2022, they’re still outperforming public market returns by quite a margin, explained Schroders Capital’s chief investment officer …

The European Investment Bank has issued its first natively digital bond denominated in British pounds. The EIB raised 50 million with the bond, which has a duration of two years and bears a floating rate of interest. BNP Paribas, HSBC and RBC Capital …

Macroeconomic pressure on Luxembourg’s real estate sector has translated into a lower volume of property sales, which is hurting the businesses of those who sell real estate properties – real estate agents. They are now screaming bloody murder. “The …

During my student days in the late 1980s, I was one of the few students who had access to an Apple II computer. A big difference between Apple’s word processor then and the average word processor on a PC was WYSIWYG, acronym for What You See Is What You …

‘Central banks very wary of sending dovish signals’

‘Restructure Ukrainian debt with frozen Russian assets’

Robeco exits Dutch retail market with sale to Evi

Morningstar Top 5: outflows in 2022; a year to forget

With Brigade, UBP expands credit-focused offering

CBP Quilvest buy helps Intesa Sanpaolo reset in Luxembourg

Schroders: 2023 can be ‘good vintage’ for private assets

EIB issues £50 mln digital bond, first in British pounds

Luxembourg real estate agents screaming murder

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