Erik Breen

With Brigade, UBP expands offer of credit-focused products
Private Banks
February 2, 2023

With Brigade, UBP expands credit-focused offering

Swiss private bank Union Bancaire Privée, or UBP, has developed a partnership with New York-based…
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Intesa Sanpaolo resets its Luxembourg business with CBP Quilvest 
Private Banks
February 2, 2023

CBP Quilvest buy helps Intesa Sanpaolo reset in Luxembourg

Intesa Sanpaolo Wealth Management has been created as a new Luxembourg private banking hub following…
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Schroders: 2023 could be ‘good vintage’ for private assets
Asset Managers
February 2, 2023

Schroders: 2023 can be ‘good vintage’ for private assets

Private assets might have dropped significantly in value since the “good years” of 2020 and 2021…
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EIB issues first digital bond in British pounds, raises £50 mln
Technology
February 1, 2023

EIB issues £50 mln digital bond, first in British pounds

The European Investment Bank has issued its first natively digital bond denominated in British…
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Luxembourg real estate agents screaming bloody murder
Investing
February 1, 2023

Luxembourg real estate agents screaming murder

Macroeconomic pressure on Luxembourg’s real estate sector has translated into a lower volume of…
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Han Dieperink, chief investment strategist at Auréus Asset Management.
Opinion
February 1, 2023

ChatGPT and the world of finance

During my student days in the late 1980s, I was one of the few students who had access to an Apple…
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The Prelude building in Paris, an example of a transformation finance by one of Fidelity's funds. Photo: Fidelity
Products
February 1, 2023

Fidelity’s new €1.5 bln real estate fund seeks a climate impact

Fidelity International, via Luxembourg, is launching a new climate impact fund leveraging the need…
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Asset Managers
January 31, 2023

Hamelink CEO at Candriam; Abou-Jaoudé to lead NY Life

New York Life, America’s largest mutual life insurer, has named Naïm Abou-Jaoudé as chief executive…
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Luxembourg investment funds lost €831 billion during 2022
News
January 31, 2023

Luxembourg investment funds lost €831 bln last year

The collective value of Luxembourg investment funds has plunged more than 800 billion euro from…
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‘ECB should raise the deposit rate to 4, 5 or even 6 percent’
Investing
January 31, 2023

‘ECB should raise the deposit rate to 4, 5 or even 6 percent’

Eurozone interest rates will rise further in the near future as evidence grows that inflation has…
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Apex’s EDB to support Arab Bank’s European real-estate ambitions
Private Banks
January 30, 2023

EDB to support Arab Bank’s real estate ambitions in Emea

European Depositary Bank, a Luxembourg-based provider of banking, depositary and custody solutions…
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Jeroen Blokland, founder of True Insights. Image: IO.
Opinion
January 30, 2023

Graph of the week: a major mismatch

The latest ‘chart of the week’ shows a difference between market expectations of what the Federal…
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Edin Mujagic, OHV
Opinion
January 27, 2023

The ECB should learn from the Fed

Forget about all those bars of gold that are heavily guarded because they are incredibly valuable…
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Top 5: UBS leads in high-yield bond funds
Products
January 27, 2023

Top 5: UBS leads in high-yield bond funds

After a dramatic first half of the year where global high-yield bond funds lost 7.3 per cent of…
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