This week’s overview of people transfers and appointments includes updates from Trustmoore, Quintet and Fundcraft. Fernandes Da Cunha leaves Efa for Trustmoore Trustmoore has named Paulo Fernandes Da Cunha as country head for Luxembourg, subject to final …

European investors are once again facing a textbook currency hedging environment as the dollar weakens and the cost of protection falls. With the euro expected to strengthen further, portfolio strategies are increasingly being shaped by how much, not …

For decades, it was an iron law for investors: in the long run, the stock market follows economic growth. A thriving economy translated into rising corporate profits and thus higher share prices. But anyone who has watched the past thirty years closely …

European insurers face stricter guidance on AI governance after EIOPA issued its landmark opinion, with major implications for investment managers’ due diligence and compliance strategies, writes Dorothee Ciolino at Norton Rose Fulbright. On 6 August …

ING Luxembourg has signed a referral agreement with Post Luxembourg to provide an alternative for its 4,500 business banking clients as the Dutch lender accelerates its exit from services for local SMEs, self-employed professionals and entrepreneurs. The …

Tokenized funds will overtake traditional fund structures within five years, according to Kevin de Patoul, CEO of Brussels-based digital market maker Keyrock. On-chain investment vehicles are cheaper, more transparent and ultimately inevitable, he said. …

Degroof Petercam sees many new opportunities for international cooperation following its takeover by the French Indosuez, said CEO Sylvie Huret in an interview with Investment Officer . Not only within Indosuez, but in the wider ecosystem of parent group …

The Federal Reserve last week cut interest rates from 4.25–4.50 percent to 4.00–4.25 percent and will lower rates further at the remaining meetings of the FOMC, the Fed’s policy body. This comes even as financial conditions have already improved and there …

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a multibillion-dollar deal last week with the US for the construction of a series of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). Although the so-called “nuclear renaissance” is also taking shape in Europe according to …

UK inflation is far too high, and the policy rate is far too low. That might sound odd, but if you look at the regime we’ve been in for more than seventeen years now, the statement makes perfect sense. Let me explain why. Headline inflation in the United …

Transfers: New country heads at Trustmoore and Fundcraft

Weak dollar brings classic FX hedging back into play

The profit paradox

NRF: Navigating AI governance in insurance

ING hands off business banking clients to Post Luxembourg

Tokenized funds set to eclipse traditional structures

CEO Degroof Petercam: ‘DPAM, Amundi exploring cooperation’

Greed is a stronger emotion than fear

Nuclear revival in Europe mainly benefits the US

Chart of the week: rethinking