Erik Breen

Wall St. bull market
Asset Managers
August 11, 2022

Forty years of the bull market

Forty years ago this week the bull market started in the United States. Not just any bull market…
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Investing
August 11, 2022

Analysis: static risk profile does not work in a dynamic market 

For at least 15 years, risk profiles, used by banks or independent risk managers to assign each…
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Vincent Ingham, EFAMA
August 10, 2022

Efama calls for sustainability reporting standard alignment

Calls for the global alignment of sustainability reporting standards is being complicated by…
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Flickr: Jeff Keyzer
Asset Managers
August 10, 2022

Defensive equity strategies not as defensive as marketing suggests

While defensive equity strategies have provided protection during previous downturns, this year’s…
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Frankfurt stock exchange
Asset Managers
August 10, 2022

Europe is much less attractive than the US

Europe’s energy supply is under severe pressure, and the 8.9% inflation rate in the eurozone seems…
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Frank Schwarz - Mainfirst
Asset Managers
August 9, 2022

Asian equities may now outperform

With Europe and the US entering recession in the last half of this year, Asia, despite a series of…
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Unsplash
Asset Managers
August 9, 2022

Feeders and fund of funds expensive, full of flaws

Providers have been storming into the rapid growth of private equity as an asset class, reflected in…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
August 8, 2022

Chart of the week: Walmart profit warning is a warning sign

Retail giant Walmart issued another profit warning last week. And the underlying reasons point to a…
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Renoud Oury, Apex Group
Asset Managers
August 8, 2022

Apex sees Luxembourg as strategic hub

After Thursday’s announcement of Apex Group’s acquisition of Sanne Group plc enabled the firm to…
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Stock market graphic
Asset Managers
August 5, 2022

Top 5: where did investors go after huge H1 outflows?

Concerns about rising inflation, monetary tightening, supply chain problems, Russia’s invasion of…
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Peter Hughes, founder and CEO of Apex Group. Photo: Apex.
Asset Managers
August 4, 2022

Apex's Sanne acquisition affects 250 Luxembourg staff

Global financial services provider Apex Group Ltd announced on Thursday the close of its acquisition…
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"Inflation" graphic
Asset Managers
August 4, 2022

The pitfall of inflation forecasting

Three things come into play when forecasting future inflation. First of all, the difference between…
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Luxembourg High Security Hub, source "High Security Hub
Asset Managers
August 3, 2022

Auditor says former Freeport has questionable future

The 55 million euro high security, high value storage facility formerly known as the Luxembourg…
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European Commission HQ
August 2, 2022

MiFID II client sustainability preference rule comes into effect

From 2 August 2022, a European Commission regulation comes into force (Commission Delegated…
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