Erik Breen

Luxembourg Women in Finance Charter launched with 69 signatories
Sector
March 8, 2023

Luxembourg Women in Finance Charter launched

A total of 69 signatories representing the Luxembourg financial sector on Wednesday marked…
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Morningstar awards for Luxembourg. Photo: Morningstar.
Asset Managers
March 8, 2023

Morningstar set for Luxembourg investment awards 

Investment research firm Morningstar is set to announce the winners of the 2023 Morningstar Awards…
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Susan Yavari of Efama
Sector
March 8, 2023

Data users decry bourse’s ‘cash cow approach’

There’s a battle raging just out of view on Europe’s financial markets. It’s a fight between data…
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Asset Managers
March 8, 2023

Jan van Eck: ESG investments require political intervention 

The crusade against “woke capitalism” is entering a new phase in the United States now that…
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UNIC Rio/Celio Duraes/Apex continues Brazil acquitions
News
March 7, 2023

Apex continues acquisitions in Brazil

Apex Group Ltd, a Bermuda-based global financial services provider with a well-established record of…
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Survey finds mixed institutional understanding of digital assets
Asset Managers
March 7, 2023

Survey finds mixed understanding of digital

A survey conducted among 300 investment institutions, including asset managers, asset owners and…
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Wim Nagler, head of institutional clients at Schroders
Private Banks
March 7, 2023

‘Liquidity remains an issue in the new Eltif framework’

Less than a month after the European parliament adopted its updated regulation for Eltifs - the…
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New Raif registrations remain below year-ago levels
Asset Servicing
March 7, 2023

New Raif registrations remain below year-ago levels

Some 27 new Reserved Alternative Investment Funds, or Raifs, were registered at the Luxembourg…
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CSSF seen drafting EU best practice for handling NAV errors 
Supervision
March 6, 2023

CSSF fines Intertrust over poor governance

Luxembourg’s financial regulator the CSSF announced last Friday afternoon that it had fined trust…
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Asset manager ranking shows growing geographical split over ESG
Asset Managers
March 6, 2023

ESG policies point to growing geographical split

Responsible investment policies at two thirds of the world’s major asset managers, representing some…
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Chart of the week: Red-hot
Opinion
March 6, 2023

Chart of the week: are stocks overpriced?

My column last week, titled ‘Cash is king,’ showed that both cash and bonds are again competing with…
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Climate risks have ‘sizeable’ impact on bank profits
Sector
March 6, 2023

Climate risks have ‘sizeable’ impact on bank profits

Banks are vulnerable to damage from climate change, which could particularly affect their balance…
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Roundtable evolves into UkrainePlatform as investment think tank
News
March 6, 2023

UkrainePlatform emerges as investment think tank

A Luxembourg roundtable initiative that brought together public and private sector stakeholders with…
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Guy Warner, CIO at BLI Banque Luxembourg Investments. Photo: BLI.
Investing
March 3, 2023

BLI’s Wagner sees rates go up amid firm consumption

The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank will continue to hike their interest rates this…
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