This week on Investment Officer Luxembourg again demonstrated that the Grand Duchy can be a source of financial stories of a surprising nature. Bill Gates’ new hotel is being financed with an alternative investment fund registered in Luxembourg. The …

Belgian police authorities have launched a criminal investigation in Antwerp-based stockbroker Merit Capital, a Belgian press report said on Thursday. The probe is linked to its transactions with H2O Asset Management. Merit Capital’s future is up in the …

It has been a challenging period so far for both equities and bonds in 2022. The era of loose monetary policy is over as inflation races around the world, leaving policymakers with no choice but to raise interest rates and scale back bond buying …

Luxembourg’s financial regulator CSSF has found shortcomings in the application of measures to fight money laundering and terrorism finance at fund services provider Maitland Luxembourg SA and issued a fine of 266,000 euro. The shortcomings were …

The European Union, under its taxonomy, requires SRI funds to declare what part of their portfolio is green by 1 January 2023, but there is still much work to be done to address the pitfalls in the EU's sustainable finance framework, Triodos Investment …

Europe’s biggest fund manager, Amundi, is telling investors that it is time to get back into the bond market. And it believes that reports of the death of the 60-40 portfolio are greatly exaggerated. That theory merely has spent time in the freezer, said …

Central bank interest rate hikes seems to have had their desired effect, with signs pointing to the end of the very high inflation of late, but, according to three chief investment officers at M&G Investments, the world’s economy isn’t out of the doldrums …

German state-owned bank KfW has become the first to have issued a total of more than 50 billion euro in green bonds on the Luxembourg Green Exchange, known as LGX, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange said. This achievement was marked by a LuxSE bell ceremony on …

Apex Group, a Bermuda-headquartered fund services provider with substantial operations in Luxembourg, has opened a new office in Stockholm from which it will service clients in the Nordics region. The firm also has announced it acquired the parent company …

The position of women in the asset management industry has barely improved in the last seven years. Citywire's Alpha Female Report 2022 shows that a mere 5.5 percent of all actively managed funds - or one out of 18 - are led by women. “Progress towards …

Best of the week: Buying a Rome hotel with a Raif

Merit Capital is subject to criminal probe, linked to H2O

Morningstar's Top 5: Fidelity leads defensive mix funds

CSSF finds AML compliance shortcomings at Maitland

Triodos IM: EU taxonomy puts ESG funds at disadvantage

Amundi says it’s time to love bonds again

As inflation subsides, M&G eyes slowdown and war

KfW breaks €50 bln threshold in LGX-listed green bonds

Apex opens Swedish office, buys New Zealand's IIS

Position of women in funds falls consistently short