Raymond Frenken

Raymond Frenken

MEP Isabel Benjumea, rapporteur on the EU AIFMD and Ucits reviews. Photo: EP.
Laws and Regulations
May 19, 2022

‘Asset managers need bigger say in applying crisis tools’ 

Europe’s asset management industry on Wednesday threw its backing behind a legislative proposal to…
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Peter Hughes, founder and CEO of Apex Group. Photo: Apex.
Asset Servicing
May 18, 2022

Apex to take over Maitland, expanding geographic reach

Apex Group Ltd continues to add management companies to its group through acquisitions. On Wednesday…
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From left to right: Sopiad CEO Pierre Nemeth, chair of the board David Suetens and CCO Julien Renkin. Photo: Sopiad.
Asset Managers
May 17, 2022

Sopiad aspires to reshape client interactions in ESG era

A university-sponsored wealthtech startup based in Liège, Belgium, is keen to make life easier for…
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Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, and Isabelle Schnabel, board member of the ECB. Photo: ECB.
May 11, 2022

ECB signals long path of eurozone interest rate hikes

Waving goodbye to what it calls “disflationary dynamics,” the European Central Bank on Wednesday…
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Raymond Frenken, editorial manager of Investment Officer Luxembourg.
Opinion
May 6, 2022

In Flux: Europe’s own SEC

Luxembourg loves the new new thing, especially when it comes to financial legislation. The big…
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Merit Capital is well-known in Belgian liberal and equestrian circles. Photo: Unsplash.
Asset Managers
May 2, 2022

Renell Bank silent on Merit Capital’s demise

Frankfurt-based Renell Bank AG, which publicly announced the acquisition of Belgium’s Merit Capital…
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Julie Becker, CEO of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, and Klaus Regling, Director General of the European Stability Mechnamism, in discussion at LuxSE's SED event on 27 April. Photo: LuxSE.
Laws and Regulations
April 29, 2022

Luxembourg supports single EU supervisor for markets

The European Union needs to establish a single supervisory body for financial markets in order to…
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Frank Wagener, Chair of the Board at the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, announced his retirement on Wednesday evening. Photo: IO.
April 28, 2022

Wagener to retire as LuxSE chair, Grbic in charge at ABBL

Two of Luxembourg’s top financial bodies are undergoing changes in key leadership positions. Former…
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Asset Managers
April 26, 2022

Luxembourg AIF assets top 1000 billion euro for first time

Although growth in Luxembourg’s alternative investment funds market slowed in 2020, it remained…
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Annick Drui, manager of the BL Sustainable Horizon fund. Photo: BLI.
Asset Managers
April 25, 2022

Managing impact funds is a balancing act, says BLI’s Drui

Fund managers looking for sustainable investments can find themselves with incomplete non-financial…
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Raymond Frenken, editorial manager of Investment Officer Luxembourg.
Opinion
April 15, 2022

In Flux: a bubbling housing market, Reifs and rising rates

If there is one economic lesson my father, a construction engineer, taught me, it’s that mortgage…
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ECB President Christine Lagarde speaking at Thursday's monetary policy press conference. Photo: ECB.
News
April 14, 2022

Lagarde's roadmap for rates draws a mixed response

As inflation persists across Europe, with double-digit numbers for some eurozone countries, ECB…
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Michael Reinhard, Chief Executive Officer, Universal Investment
Asset Servicing
April 12, 2022

Universal, with EFA, sets eyes on growth in Benelux, Nordics

Frankfurt-based Universal Investment Group, a leading asset services provider with Super ManCo…
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The ECB's Governing Council is due to discuss monetary policy again on Thursday. Photo: ECB.
Investing
April 12, 2022

On cusp of new inflation era, ECB set to hold rates steady

While the Federal Reserve is expected to raise rates aggressively in the coming months, the European…
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