Erik Breen

investment fund sales turn negative in second quarter
Investing
December 12, 2023

Bonds, ETFs offset outflows in equity, multi-asset

Ucits and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) experienced mixed fortunes during the third quarter…
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Opinion
December 12, 2023

Harakiri in Germany

Germany is witnessing an economic downturn, a phenomenon receiving surprisingly scant attention…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
December 11, 2023

Mind that Golden Gap!

These days, it is almost impossible not to talk about gold or bitcoin - for me, these two assets are…
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Opinion
December 11, 2023

Absurd comedy at the ECB

In a recent speech, Christine Lagarde highlighted the dire implications of prolonged high inflation…
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Sector
December 11, 2023

‘AI will make markets more efficient, and harder to beat’

Will fund managers soon be retiring as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly prevalent and…
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ESMA's headquarters are in Paris. Photo: ESMA.
Sector
December 8, 2023

Esma warns on CLO ratings, sees conflict-of-interest risks

The European Securities and Markets Authority, Esma, on Thursday issued a warning about practices…
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Banks, not funds, contribute most to Luxembourg’s economy
Sector
December 8, 2023

Use of English rises in multilingual Luxembourg

A recent analysis of the 2021 census published on Thursday shows that English has become the third…
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Bitcoin. Image via Coincu CC-BY-2.0
Technology
December 8, 2023

SEC rejection of spot bitcoin ETFs faces challenges

Is the US Spot Bitcoin ETF Hype Overblown? The SEC’s rejection of spot bitcoin ETFs faces legal…
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The Bank of England. Photo: David Iliff, CC by-SA 3.0
Supervision
December 8, 2023

Private debt ‘particularly vulnerable,’ says BoE

The Bank of England (BoE) has issued a warning about the risks posed by private credit and leveraged…
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Gilles Moëc, AXA IM
Asset Managers
December 7, 2023

AXA: Expectations of rate cuts, price cooling ‘reasonable’

Market expectations of central bank interest rate cuts in 2024 are reasonable, according to Gilles…
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Gregory Kennedy, IO columnist. Image: IO.
Opinion
December 7, 2023

Letting Ireland dominate ETFs is pure madness

On the 4th of September 1996, Luxembourg signed its most recent tax treaty with the United States of…
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BlackRock's headquarters in New York.
Asset Managers
December 7, 2023

BlackRock defies market with interest rate forecast for 2024

BlackRock, during the presentation of its 2024 Global Outlook at its New York headquarters…
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Frederik Redele, Commenda
Family Offices
December 6, 2023

At Commenda, family assets strive to improve the world

Where “old money” mainly sought to leave wealth intact, “new money” is going out into the wide world…
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Sector
December 6, 2023

CSSF: ‘Frozen accounts not to be seen as material issue’

The fact that financial institutions in Luxembourg have frozen some 86.000 investor accounts should…
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