David Lloyd

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Sector
April 16, 2024

‘There is a barrier towards investing in our own markets’

As home to investors and companies that prefer the allure of American markets over their domestic…
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Opinion
April 16, 2024

Geopolitical Risks

In the financial markets, geopolitical risks often exhibit a binary nature: for a long time, they…
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Investing
April 15, 2024

How two imminent rate cuts could reshape the S&P 500 landscape

While it must frequently adjust its predictions, the market yet anticipates two reductions in the…
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Opinion
April 15, 2024

Supply in bonds and equities

This week, the following chart from the Financial Times caught my attention. It shows the net…
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Top 5 Emerging Market Debt funds: NNIP in the lead
Products
April 12, 2024

Emerging markets lag behind, but not at GQG Partners

Emerging markets continued last year’s trend in Q1 2024. And that is not good news for emerging…
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Eltifs in Luxembourg. Photo: IO.
Private Banks
April 11, 2024

Oddo BHF’s Eltif2 fund targets energy storage, water treatment

Paris-based Oddo BHF Asset Management has announced the launch its first European Long-Term…
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Christine Lagarde, ECB President, arriving at the 4 May ECB press conference in Frankfurt. Photo: ECB.
Asset Allocation
April 11, 2024

‘Keep going, there’s nothing to see here’

The European Central Bank (ECB) is charting a course of strategic patience, signalling a readiness…
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Opinion
April 11, 2024

Dora is ‘around the corner’

The first quarter of 2024 has lapsed and there are only less than three quarters to go for the…
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Laws and Regulations
April 10, 2024

IMF sounds alarm over perils in private credit markets

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week issued a dire warning concerning the rapidly…
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Investing
April 10, 2024

Peak volatility expected during US elections

As the U.S. presidential election nears, the markets are bracing for heightened volatility…
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Opinion
April 10, 2024

Animal spirits

Money’s gotta move—it’s the backbone of our economy, and the speed at which it zips around, known as…
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Luxembourg. Photo by TheTurducken via Flickr CC-BY-2.0.
April 9, 2024

Launching Raifs as sub-funds is the new new thing in Luxembourg

Raifs have been one of the most successful investment vehicles for Luxembourg. Part of their appeal…
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Dr Sofia Harrschar, country head Luxembourg, Universal Investment. Photo: UI.
Asset Allocation
April 9, 2024

Alternatives continue dynamic growth

Sofia Harrschar, head of alternative investments & structuring at Universal Investment, delves into…
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Euro notes in a suitcase. Photo: iStock.
Supervision
April 8, 2024

Lombard Intl hit with record €1.68 mln fine over AML flaws

Luxembourg’s Commissariat aux Assurances (CAA) slapped Lombard International Assurance with a record…
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