Erik Breen

EU regulation in 2023: AIFMD, Mifid 2, retail investors, and ESG
Laws and Regulations
April 24, 2023

EU retail investment strategy launch delayed to end May

The presentation of the European Commission’s long-awaited retail investment strategy, has now been…
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London
Supervision
April 21, 2023

Link FS Luxembourg for sale

Dublin-headquartered asset services specialist Waystone on Thursday announced that it has agreed…
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Stefan Berger, MiCA rapporteur celebrates the adoption of his report in Strasbourg.
Technology
April 20, 2023

Crypto assets: EU’s MiCA law aims to end ‘wild west’

For Luxembourg’s crypto community, Thursday’s adoption of the MiCA regulation in the European…
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Transparency. Photo via Unsplash CC-BY-2.0.
Asset Managers
April 20, 2023

Investors want clearer view on risks in alternatives

Institutional investors expect greater transparency when investing in alternative assets, mostly…
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Wall Street
Asset Managers
April 20, 2023

Misjudging Fed interest rates could be a costly mistake

Equity investors may be underestimating the potential consequences of a miscalculation of the…
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Etienne Rougier, COO of Universal Investment Group. Photo: UI.
Transfers
April 20, 2023

UI picks Etienne Rougier for change management

Etienne Rougier has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Universal Investment Group. He…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
April 19, 2023

From public to private markets

There has been a clear shift from public markets to private markets. Private markets are no longer…
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Asset Managers
April 18, 2023

Fund pickers increasingly avoid ‘carbon emitters’

Decarbonisation is a trend expected to continue among investors during the coming years. One out of…
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Biodiversity. Photo via Unsplash CC-BY-2.0.
Asset Managers
April 18, 2023

Banks struggle in their search for biodiversity funds

Banks are keen to invest more in biodiversity but experience difficulties in finding suitable…
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Crypto. Photo via Unsplash
Technology
April 18, 2023

EU crypto-asset regulation coming up for vote

Europe’s long-awaited Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation is finally coming up for a vote this…
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Janet Yellen speaking on CNN.
News
April 18, 2023

Yellen: sanctions can undermine dollar dominance

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen can no longer ignore the fact that the dollar is used as a weapon…
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Luxembourg investment funds lost €831 billion during 2022
News
April 17, 2023

Raif registrations down 15% in Q1 vs yr-ago

A total of 30 new Reserved Alternative Investment Funds, or Raifs, were added to the Luxembourg…
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MJ Hudson listed on London's AIM market in December 2019. At that time it was valued at about 100 million pounds. Photo: LSE.
Asset Servicing
April 17, 2023

Apex snaps up troubled MJ Hudson in £40 mln firesale

Bermuda-headquartered financial services firm Apex Group, one of the largest management companies in…
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Jeroen Blokland, True Insights
Opinion
April 17, 2023

Chart of the week: looking past the elephant in the room

The workings of financial markets never cease to amaze from time to time. Especially when they…
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