Private Banks

A green maze. Photo by Benjamin Elliott on Unsplash.
Private Banks
February 16, 2024

Private banks grapple with sustainability preferences

Private banks are navigating challenges in discerning customers’ sustainability preferences…
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Tim Boole, Head of Product Management at Schroders Capital.
Asset Managers
February 15, 2024

Eltif2 discussions cause slowdowns in new launches

Protracted discussions over the EU’s new regime for European Long Term Investment Funds, known as…
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Steffen Pauls, founder and CEO of Moonfare. Photo: Moonfare.
Private Banks
February 9, 2024

Eltif 2.0: Moonfare pioneers liquidity matching mechanism 

Berlin-based Moonfare said it plans to create a dedicated secondary liquidity mechanism that enables…
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Asset Managers
February 8, 2024

Active ETFs gain popularity among fund selectors

More than two thirds of fund selectors see active fund management as key to outperforming in the…
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Quintet event on the real estate
Asset Managers
February 7, 2024

Hopes for real estate sector revival risk disappointment

Those who make money in Luxembourg’s real estate sector are still in shock after the arrival in this…
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Iris van der Looij, InsingerGilissen.
Private Banks
February 1, 2024

InsingerGilissen sees scope to take a bit more risk

In an uncertain geopolitical and macroeconomic environment, Iris van de Looij has recently taken…
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Financial markets. Photo via RawPixel CC0.
Asset Managers
February 1, 2024

Sarasin, Capital cautiously navigate rate transition

Investment specialists are singing from a common hymn book in predicting the world is on a path to…
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Christine Lynch, Group Chief Risk Officer at Quintet Private Bank.
Private Banks
January 25, 2024

Quintet names Christine Lynch as Chief Risk Officer 

Christine Lynch has been appointed as Group Chief Risk Officer at Luxembourg-headquartered Quintet…
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Jelte de Boer and Jaap Wesseling of Optimix.
Private Banks
January 4, 2024

‘Investors don’t need private markets’

While many asset managers continue to explore private investments amidst growing market…
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Deloitte partner Pascal Martino
Private Banks
January 3, 2024

Private banks told to reform as income inversion nears

Private banks will have to get serious about outsourcing if they want to prosper once interest rates…
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Degroof Petercam's offices in Luxembourg.
Private Banks
December 21, 2023

Degroof Petercam takeover gets green light in Brussels

The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of Belgium’s largest private bank Degroof…
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Eltifs are European long-term investment funds.
Private Banks
November 24, 2023

Eltif 2.0 triggers fresh interest in semi-liquid funds

With the official launch of Eltifs 2.0 in early 2024, the private semi-liquid private funds market…
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Ive Mertens, CEO at Leo Stevens Private Banking
Private Banks
November 21, 2023

Strategic shift at Leo Stevens as Vlayen takes 47.5% stake

Belgian investor Frank Vlayen has taken a 47.5 percent stake in Antwerp-based Leo Stevens Private…
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Schroders Capital's European private equity chief Richard Damming
Private Banks
October 26, 2023

PE investors dismiss valuation chatter as ‘noise’

Despite declining valuations in private equity, Schroders Capital’s European private equity chief…
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