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February 23, 2024

ESG rating providers now subject to Esma supervision

EU-level regulation adopted this week by the European Parliament places ESG rating providers under…
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Entrance hall of the Europe Building in Brussels. Photo: European Council.
News
February 22, 2024

Unified investment product would be bold move for EU

Imagine a groundbreaking European savings and investment product, open to all 450 million…
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Abdel Hmitti, managing director and global head of funds at Vistra in Luxembourg. Photo: Vistra.
Sector
February 22, 2024

Transfer Thursday: Vistra, LuxCMA, Servitia, Kaufhold

This week’s Luxembourg overview of transfers, appointments, promotions and other people news…
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Google Maps: Mizuhos Trust & Banking Luxembourg
Laws and Regulations
February 21, 2024

CSSF fines Mizuho nearly half a million euro for breaches

Luxembourg’s CSSF financial regulator on 20 February announced that in late 2023, it had imposed a…
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Joan Solotar, global head of private wealth solutions at Blackstone.
Asset Managers
February 21, 2024

Blackstone’s Solotar foresees structural shift to private credit

Interest in investing in private markets, private credit in particular, may have surged, but that…
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Freddy Forger, founder and partner at Stoic.
Asset Managers
February 21, 2024

‘We are behavioural psychologists rather than asset managers’

To become content, one must liberate themselves from emotions. Amsterdam-based asset manager Stoic…
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Marc Meyers and Sebastiaan Hooghiemstra at LooyensLoeff Luxembourg.
Sector
February 21, 2024

Eltif 2 Matchmaking: New opportunities for secondary markets

On 19 December 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority, Esma, published its final report…
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KKR headquarters, New York, photo: Wally Gobetz, Flickr 
Asset Allocation
February 19, 2024

45% of family offices want more private credit in portfolios

More than half of family offices want to add even more private investments to portfolios by 2024…
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Private Banks
February 16, 2024

Private banks grapple with sustainability preferences

Private banks are navigating challenges in discerning customers’ sustainability preferences…
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Tim Boole, Head of Product Management at Schroders Capital.
Asset Managers
February 15, 2024

Eltif2 discussions cause slowdowns in new launches

Protracted discussions over the EU’s new regime for European Long Term Investment Funds, known as…
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