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Degroof Petercam's offices in Luxembourg.
Private Banks
December 21, 2023

Degroof Petercam takeover gets green light in Brussels

The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of Belgium’s largest private bank Degroof…
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Responsible investing: SFDR level 2 marks major milestone 
Sector
December 21, 2023

Sustainable investing remains sensitive topic in Luxembourg

A recent update of a Luxembourg sustainable finance report notes that two-thirds of the assets under…
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Olivier Houix, the new CEO at Ostrum Asset Management. 
Transfers
December 21, 2023

Transfer Thursday: Ostrum, Better Finance, Invesco, CT

This week’s overview of transfers, appointments, promotions and other people news includes updates…
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European flags in Brussels. Photo by PicturesFromWords via Flickr CC-BY-2.0.
Asset Managers
December 20, 2023

Efama: 85% of European AuM is managed in six countries

About 85 percent of Europe’s asset management activity takes place in six countries: the United…
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Kristina Hooper, chief global market strategist at Invesco.
Asset Managers
December 20, 2023

Invesco’s Hooper: European equities deserve more interest

Kristina Hooper, chief strategist at Invesco, understands that the endless debating about interest…
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ESMA's headquarters are in Paris. Photo: ESMA.
News
December 19, 2023

Luxembourg among most-expensive fund domiciles

Luxembourg last year remained among the most expensive domiciles for investment funds in Europe in…
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Edith Sierman
Asset Managers
December 18, 2023

Luxembourg funds seen as growth engine at Goldman

Goldman Sachs Asset Management wants to use more engagement to encourage companies, institutions and…
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The Westminster parliament buildings and the Big Ben in London. Photo via Unsplash CC-BY-2.0.
Laws and Regulations
December 18, 2023

UK rules for overseas funds still require ironing out

UK financial regulator the Financial Conduct Authority has announced plans to introduce a new…
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The Dockland campus of the Central Bank of Ireland in Dublin. Photo via Wikimedia CC-BY-2.0.
Sector
December 15, 2023

Ireland joins supervisory drive on fund valuations

Ireland has joined Luxembourg on a supervisory drive to push the financial industry to improve their…
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Sector
December 15, 2023

EU agrees to exclude financial sector from CSR duties

The European Council and the European Parliament on Thursday reached a preliminary agreement on a…
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