Erik Breen

Vianden castle in Luxembourg. Photo via Unsplash.
News
July 18, 2022

Fitch affirms AAA rating for Luxembourg

Ratings agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed its assessment of Luxembourg’s government debt with a ‘AAA…
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Wheat fields. Photo by Cattan2011 via Flickr CC-BY-2.0.
Products
July 18, 2022

'Agri commodities expensive for a long time to come'

The fact that agricultural commodity prices have risen very sharply in recent months does not mean…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
July 18, 2022

Chart of the week: Negative surprises limit upside potential

Negative surprises put a cap on the upside potential, especially for equities. As a rule, investors…
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ECB President Christine Lagarde and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, pictured at a 2015 IMF meeting. Photo: IMF.
News
July 18, 2022

Crisis in Italy brings back fears of eurozone crisis

The eurozone looks increasingly weak. The euro slipped to parity with the dollar last week and a…
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Sector
July 15, 2022

Luxembourg banks post 20% jump in interest income

Rising interest rates and growing balance sheets have led to a rise of 20.1 percent in interest…
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Jurgen Vluijmans, editorial manager of Investment Officer Belgium.
Opinion
July 15, 2022

What can Europe offer investors?

Problems with energy supplies, a perfect storm of geopolitical uncertainty and, in the autumn…
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Nicolas Chaput, CEO of Oddo BHF Asset Management. Photo: Oddo BHF.
Asset Managers
July 15, 2022

Oddo BHF AM seeks growth in Luxembourg, Belgium

Germany and France are Oddo BHF Asset Management’s core markets, but the asset manager now wants to…
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Top 5. Photo by Joanna Poe via Flickr CC BY 2.0
Products
July 14, 2022

Top 5 emerging markets: Nordea first, ABN second

After underperforming in the first quarter, the emerging markets index outperformed the MSCI World…
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The Zizkov television tower in Prague. Photo: Robert Eklund via Unsplash CC-BY-2.0
Asset Allocation
July 14, 2022

European pension funds slow to recognise infra benefits

While Canadian and Australian pension funds are set to increase their investments in infrastructure…
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Martyn Hole, Equity Investment Director at Capital Group. Photo: CG.
Asset Managers
July 14, 2022

Capital Group long-term outlook focusses on tech

Semiconductors everywhere you look, the end of cash, the development of digital entertainment…
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Valentijn van Nieuwenhuijzen, global head of sustainability for public investing at GSAM.
Asset Managers
July 13, 2022

Goldman Sachs announces new roles for NN IP directors

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, which officially took ownership of NN Investment Partners at the…
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Red flag
Investing
July 13, 2022

In popular private markets, the red flag is raised later

In public markets, a well-known proposition is that at the moment that everyone steps in, the red…
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Opinion
July 12, 2022

The end of the euro is nigh

For the first time since 2002, the euro trades at parity with the dollar. In the summer of 2008, one…
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Klaus Regling, chief of the ESM, speaking with Luxembourg finance minister Yuriko Backes in Brussels on Monday. Photo: EU Council.
July 12, 2022

Gramegna, Leao tied for ESM top job after Italy bows out

Eurogroup finance ministers on Monday again failed to agree on naming the successor for Klaus…
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