Law firm Clifford Chance has appointed Simone Schmitt as counsel in its corporate practice in Luxembourg. Schmitt joins the firm from Linklaters, where she had been for more than seven years. Schmitt is a qualified lawyer in Luxembourg and has extensive …

Jan Kemper will step down as chief financial officer and chief operating officer of German neobank N26, he announced in a post on social media. He only joined the challenger bank in July 2021. N26, one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintechs with more than …

Cube Infrastructure Managers takes pride in its a progressive approach to infrastructure investing. The firm has raised some four billion euro since 2007. Its portfolio has featured Eurotunnel and various green transition investments. Today it actively …

Financial supervisor CSSF is putting on the thumbscrews. It has imposed individual financial fines on a total of seven managers and directors of specialised investment funds in Luxembourg. The fines were issued because they sent “incomplete information” …

The number of private equity portfolios in the secondary market is increasing as both fund managers and investors in private equity funds seek liquidity opportunities. In its private markets outlook, BlackRock focuses on private equity, private debt, …

Quality companies possess characteristics that investors usually warm to, but this was totally different in 2022. In every quarter, the MSCI World Quality index lagged behind the MSCI World index, and in every quarter a loss was collected. On balance, it …

JPMorgan Asset Management plans to convert a number of active mutual funds in the US to passive ETFs next year. The asset manager is not alone. Globally, passive is starting to catch up with active. JPMorgan already christened four active mutual funds …

One might have thought Luxembourg’s real estate market was doing well compared to other European cities, but for a long time, exact comparative numbers weren’t available. That’s all changed with the release of a new property index covering Luxembourg, the …

The demand for ESG-compliant investments is growing, especially among professional investors. The urgency of climate change and the regulatory requirements are driving the development for responsible investing. According to Refinitiv Lipper data, a …

Swiss-based real estate investment manager Empira has sold a 16,000 square metre property project in Vienna for an undisclosed amount. The property had been held through a Luxembourg Reserved Alternative Investment Fund. The Zug, Switzerland based firm …

Simone Schmitt appointed as counsel at Clifford Chance

Jan Kemper surprises by resigning as CFO at neobank N26

Cube leverages Article 8 label to raise funds for infrastructure

SIF managers fined for providing ‘incomplete information’

Bargains expected in secondary private markets in 2023

Morningstar Top 5: Amundi leads low-quality equity funds

JPMorgan to convert active strategies into passive ETFs

New real estate index adds transparency to Luxembourg

Responsible investing – there is no alternative

Empira sells Vienna property held via Luxembourg Raif