European banks are focusing their innovation efforts on customer experience, a study by PwC Luxembourg has found. Though the study was conducted before the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, PwC’s Banking Industry Leader Roxane Haas believes Covid-19 will …

The creation of a single European electronic payments market is possible, but may be five to ten years away. This was a broad conclusion of the Focus On Payments discussion organised by Luxembourg for Finance on 10 September. What barriers need to be …

It’s less than six weeks to the US presidential elections. Capital Group has made a few rules of thumb for investors to give some guidance. Since 1936, the S&P 500 has correctly predicted the results 20 times out of 23. If the S&P 500 index rises in the …

Arendt Services Benjamin Collette has been appointed new CEO of the business, accountancy and tax services department of Luxembourg-based law firm Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in strategy, regulatory and corporate finance. Before joining Arendt …

Solid growth companies will continue to live up to high expectations by showing strong profit growth. This offers the prospect of an attractive total return after inflation of 7-10% per annum on average over the long term, according to manager George Dent …

In 2002 Luca Pesarini (photo) and Arnoldo Valsangiacomo launched their first Ethna-AKTIV fund, at a time when multi-asset funds were not yet commonplace. In 2010 they founded ETHENEA Independent Investors, headquartered in Luxembourg. Upon its 10-year …

With a warning against excessive regulation, and a call to action on green investing, CSSF director-general Claude Marx, made a typically colourful intervention at Monday’s virtual ALFI conference. He also gave some details of planned local regulation of …

The high-yield market has recovered nicely from the corona-induced market crash, but further price appreciation is becoming increasingly unlikely, says manager Ulrich Gerhard of the BNY Mellon Global Short-Dated High Yield Bond Fund in an interview with …

Despite the Grand Duchy’s status as Europe’s largest investment fund centre, Luxembourgers hold almost four times more money in bank deposits than in funds. Since 2008, Luxembourgers have increased their holdings in investment funds as a percentage of …

Have hedge fund managers just lost it? More and more leading managers are returning assets to their clients. The reason is the melt-up of the market, making it ever harder for short-sellers to identify profitable trades. For example, this summer John …

Banks focus innovation efforts on customer experience

The long road to a unified EU payments market

US elections coming up - Why you should stay invested

Transfers: Arendt Services, KPMG, EY partners, ABBL

‘Real equity returns of 7-10% still possible post-Covid’

Ethenea: ‘Know that you will always make mistakes’

CSSF head warns against over-regulation

‘High-yield market correction is looming’

Luxembourgers continue to shun investment funds

Analysis: the end of the short-sellers?