David Lloyd

Gregory Kennedy
Opinion
March 12, 2025

Most people in Luxembourg have no clue about the fund industry

In Luxembourg—a glorified back office—we all know someone who toils away in fear of financial…
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Michael Huether, director of the German economic think tank IW in Cologne. Photo by IW.
Asset Allocation
March 11, 2025

German economy can grow 5% in 2026, says IW economist

When Friedrich Merz echoed Mario Draghi’s ‘whatever it takes’, he signalled a historic shift…
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Daniel Belfer (ceo Safra) en Kim Fournais (ceo Saxo).
News
March 11, 2025

J. Safra Sarasin takes control of Saxo Bank in €1.1 bln deal

Saxo Bank has a new majority shareholder: Swiss private bank J. Safra Sarasin, part of the Brazilian…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
March 11, 2025

When the bubble bursts

On 10 March 2000, the Nasdaq peaked at 5048.6 points – a moment that no one recognised as such at…
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Weili Zhou, Robeco
Products
March 10, 2025

‘Scale will also be decisive in quant investing’

While some players are abandoning quant investing, others are expanding their positions in this…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
March 10, 2025

Chart of the week: stagflation stress

The markets were already on edge, and there seems to be little sign of that changing any time soon…
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Ukraine president Zelensky with the Dutch and Luxembourg prime ministers on Thursday in Brussels. Photo by EU.
Asset Allocation
March 7, 2025

Bund yields spike after Merz vows ‘whatever it takes’ on defence

World financial markets remained in a radical readjustment phase on Thursday as the implications of…
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Photo by Tim Mossholder via Unsplash.
Wealth Managers
March 7, 2025

Women drive a market revolution, yet wealth firms lag behind

Women are reshaping wealth management, yet remain underrepresented in investment decisions. As…
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Expert Panel
March 7, 2025

Morningstar: Pimco versus Invesco in global investment-grade corporate bonds

Yields on 10-year US treasury bonds and government bonds in Europe remained high coming into 2025…
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Nick King Robeco - Sander Nagel
Investing
March 6, 2025

Robeco’s head of ETFs, Nick King: Investors miss out on returns in the early phase of a theme

The range of active ETFs in Europe is growing rapidly and Robeco is also investing heavily in the…
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Maya Bhandari has been appointed as CIO, multi-asset strategies, EMEA, at Neuberger Berman.
Transfers
March 6, 2025

People moves: Neuberger Berman, Davy Select, Fokus Nordic, Eurex, Jonk Entrepreneuren, Akkodis

This week’s overview of transfers and other people moves in and around Luxembourg includes updates…
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ETF
Asset Allocation
March 6, 2025

European ETF market set to double to $4,000 bln by 2029, PwC projects

European exchange-traded fund (ETF) assets could more than double to exceed 4,000 billion dollars by…
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Frankfurt Stock Exchange, trading floor
Investing
March 5, 2025

A trade tariff is no picnic in the park, ‘but won’t derail European outperformance’

The import tariff proposed by Donald Trump on goods from the EU may inject some volatility into…
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Photo courtesy of UBS.
Asset Allocation
March 5, 2025

Market concentration at a 92-year high, UBS Yearbook finds

There aren’t many must-reads in the investment world, but UBS’ Global Investment Returns Yearbook is…
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