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A safety net on a sailing ship. Photo CC via Flickr.
Asset Managers
March 8, 2022

​​​​​​​EU’s costly financial safety net inspires confidence

The financial industry often baulked at the tens of billions of euros it pays for EU’s comprehensive…
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Shanghai. Photo via Unsplash
Asset Servicing
March 7, 2022

China’s Starlight picks Apex for fund services

Starlight Capital, a China-based venture capital group founded in 2021, has picked Apex Group to…
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Cathie Wood, ARK Innovation ETF. Photo by Ark.
Asset Managers
March 7, 2022

Cathie Wood’s faith in innovation remains strong

While the plunge in the Ark Innovation ETF, a once-popular technology fund with about 50 billion…
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Vianden castle in Luxembourg. Photo via Unsplash.
Laws and Regulations
March 4, 2022

Luxembourg reluctant to move on Russian oligarchs

Luxembourg has joined the international move to impose sanctions against Russia for its ruthless…
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Former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Laws and Regulations
March 2, 2022

Luxembourg’s Russian interests set for change

Russian interests have found Luxembourg’s expertise useful as a European business hub for several…
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Camille Thommes. Photo: Alfi
Asset Managers
March 1, 2022

Alfi DG Thommes: ‘Indirect impact may go further’

Also as international funds hub, Luxembourg finds itself exposed to the economic fallout from Russia…
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Moscow. Photo via Unsplash.
Sector
February 28, 2022

Future of 855 Russia funds, ETFs uncertain

The future of some 855 funds with exposure to Russia is shrouded in uncertainty as the turmoil in…
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Luxembourg. Photo by Cedric Letsch on Unsplash
Laws and Regulations
February 28, 2022

Luxembourg reforms its business registers

Part of Luxembourg’s effort to tackle allegations that it enables questionable business and tax…
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Kerstin Matthias, City of London
Laws and Regulations
February 24, 2022

Brexit: de facto equivalence seen as boon for Luxembourg

It is over a year since the end of the transition period that saw Brexit come into full effect and…
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Thomas Schüssler, fund manager DWS Top Dividende
Asset Managers
February 23, 2022

Pressure on equities drives investors to dividend funds

With their stable income and preference for defensive stocks, conservative dividend strategies can…
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