Britta Borneff, a former managing director at Fuchs Asset Management, has been appointed as the new director of events, communications and business development at the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry, Alfi. Borneff’s professional career in …

Luxembourg’s reputation for excessive house prices is facing macroeconomic clouds looming over European and international housing markets. However, several country-specific factors will likely minimise the price drops seen in other markets, including tax …

Of the European assets flowing into ETFs last year, a higher proportion went to trackers with ESG labels than trackers without that sustainability feature. Sustainable fixed income ETFs were particularly popular in Europe. This is according to Amundi …

Banks, not investment funds, are responsible for financing the most carbon-intensive activities, the European Central Bank has concluded on the basis of experimental new indicators for sustainable finance. “The companies they finance produce relatively …

High hopes for crypto’s ability to revolutionise the financial world were dealt a harsh reality check with the collapse of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange last year. With Luxembourg having early on placed a bet on crypto, some have suggested it could …

European infrastructure investment firm Marguerite has announced the launch of a platform allowing investors to put their money towards building large-scale photovoltaic solar projects. The firm, based in Luxembourg and Paris, also announced its plans to …

Inflows into alternative investment funds in Europe rebounded in November when compared to massive outflows during October as inflows for Ucits funds fell significantly, according to data released by the European Fund and Asset Management Association, or …

Apex Group on Monday said it plans to acquire the Irish depositary business of Bank of America Custodial Services (Ireland) Limited, also known as Bacsil, through European Depositary Bank, one of its Luxembourg-based subsidiaries. Bacsil is a depositary …

New York-based Blackstone, also present in Luxembourg as a CSSF-regulated AIFM, has raised a record 22.2 billion dollars in commitments for its Strategic Partners IX fund, one of two such vehicles in its inaugural continuation fund strategy under the …

Concerns about global geopolitical tensions and persistent inflation coupled with the threat of a weakening economy leave little space for optimism among institutional investors. Markets in turmoil make finding pockets of opportunity and generating …

Britta Borneff named director of communications at Alfi

Luxembourg seems immune to global housing market downturn

Two thirds of ETF inflows target the sustainable variety

ECB: Banks, not funds, finance carbon-intensive activities

New regulation offers salvation to crypto hopes

Marguerite plans €60 mln in solar investments

AIF inflows rebound in November, buoyed by Luxembourg

Apex buys Bank of America’s Irish depositary business

Blackstone sets record with $22.2 billion secondary fund

Alternatives boost performance of institutional funds