The start of 2024 has unfurled a rather promising chapter for global high-yield bonds. While the allure of hefty initial yields continues to draw the investor's gaze, the relatively narrow spreads hint at an underestimation of the lurking credit risks. …

Schroders plc, one of Europe’s leading asset managers, has announced that its CEO, Peter Harrison, intends to retire next year after a decade on its board. The firm, headquartered in London, has initiated a search for his successor and anticipates an …

Less than a week before announcing the sale of its asset management services arm, Luxembourg’s troubled investment firm Fuchs & Associés Finance - still in liquidation - was fined €785,000 by the Grand Duchy’s financial supervisor CSSF under laws on the …

This week’s overview of transfers, appointments, promotions and other people news includes updates from ABBL, Schroders, Clifford Chance, Tidan Capital and Schroders. Yves Stein Yves Stein (photo), CEO of Edmond de Rothschild (Europe), has been elected …

Loan origination activities under the EU's second Alternative Investment Fund Management Directive, known as AIFMD2, present both opportunities and challenges for alternative investment funds, or AIFs, writes Geoffroy Hermanns, partner at Norton Rose …

Appetite for life insurance products in Luxembourg declined significantly last year, according to the annual reports that the two largest unit-linked insurance firms, Lombard International and OneLife, posted this week. Lombard generated some 3.2 billion …

Si l’on retrouve le nom de Noshaq dans de plus en plus de dossiers d’investissement belges et internationaux, il n’évoque encore rien pour beaucoup de monde, en particulier en Flandre et aux Pays-Bas. Rien d’étonnant à cela, car la société …

“Fund managers are making record bonuses” is a headline often heard in London, Frankfurt, and Paris, but rarely in Luxembourg. While we dominate in back-office services, these jurisdictions excel in providing front-office services, an area Luxembourg’s …

Worried about the protection of European investors, illiquid investments, and financial stability, Esma wants its table to be reinstated into the Eltif standards rulebook, although with some significant modifications. The Paris-based body that …

Asset managers still work with a variety of custodian banks, but is this truly necessary? According to experts from the Netherlands, the perfect custodial institution doesn't exist. Moreover, no one wants to be dependent on a single entity. When asked …

Promising start for global high-yield bonds

Schroders launches search for new CEO

Fuchs & Associés fined again, for money laundering, tax fraud

Transfer Thursday: ABBL, Tidan Capital, ABBL, Schroders

Loan origination funds; exploring the evolving framework

Lombard, OneLife suffer from fading appetite for life products

Noshaq tisse discrètement sa toile en région liégeoise

Luxembourg’s fund industry needs a front office

Eltif 2.0: Esma wants its table to be reinstated into rulebook

The ideal custodian bank does not exist