Erik Breen

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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ESMA's headquarters are in Paris. Photo: ESMA.
Asset Managers
January 27, 2023

‘ESG reporting requires clear, consistent EU framework’

The EU’s top financial markets authority on Thursday invited the European Commission to clarify new…
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Mike Gitlin to replace Tim Armour as Capital Group CEO
Asset Managers
January 26, 2023

Mike Gitlin to replace Tim Armour as Capital Group CEO

Los Angeles-based Capital Group, a major global investment manager also present in Luxembourg, on…
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Luxembourg fund managers ordered to review costs and fees
Supervision
January 26, 2023

CSSF asks firms to use EBA’s threshold monitoring tools

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF on Thursday published an update to its Reporting Handbook for…
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PwC Luxembourg turnover up 11%, tops half a billion euro
January 26, 2023

AIFM directors concerned over greenwashing risks

Boards of AIFMs, Alternative Investment Fund Managers, in Luxembourg are “heavily concerned” over…
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Asset Managers
January 25, 2023

CSSF fines Pemberton for ‘failures’ under AIFM law

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF has levied a 22,100 euro fine against alternative investment…
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Britta Borneff named director of communications at Alfi
Transfers
January 25, 2023

Britta Borneff named director of communications at Alfi

Britta Borneff, a former managing director at Fuchs Asset Management, has been appointed as the new…
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Transfers
January 25, 2023

Lazard names Alexandre Schmitz to Luxembourg unit

Senior private banker Alexandre Schmitz has left Degroof Petercam Luxembourg to join the Luxembourg…
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