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September 29, 2020
Asset Allocation,Investing

Robeco: from risk-free returns to return-free risks

Investors should increase risk as some traditional safe havens are losing their shine, Robeco says in its five-year outlook titled 'A Brave Real World'. Investment Officer spoke with Peter van der Welle, strategist in Robeco's Global Macro team, about the …
September 28, 2020
Asset Allocation,Investing

'Global equities have 75% upside potential'

Global equities can rise by up to 75% over the next five years driven by profit growth, according to Knut Gezelius, lead manager of the Skagen Global fund. Skagen is known for its active, value-based investment philosophy. But if you look at the largest …
September 25, 2020
Private Banks

Banks focus innovation efforts on customer experience

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 …
September 24, 2020
Asset Servicing

The long road to a unified EU payments market

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 …
September 23, 2020
Asset Allocation,Investing

US elections coming up - Why you should stay invested

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 …
September 23, 2020
Transfers

Transfers: Arendt Services, KPMG, EY partners, ABBL

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 …
September 22, 2020
Asset Allocation,Investing

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

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 …
September 18, 2020
Asset Managers

Ethenea: ‘Know that you will always make mistakes’

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 …
September 17, 2020

CSSF head warns against over-regulation

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 …
September 15, 2020
Asset Allocation,Investing

‘High-yield market correction is looming’

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 …