Erik Breen

Inflation. Photo via Unsplash.
News
May 5, 2022

Savers to lose ‘hundreds of billions’, Betterfinance warns

A Brussels-based group standing up for European users of financial services has warned that European…
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Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve.
News
May 5, 2022

Fed in biggest rate hike in 22 years, switches from QE to QT

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its main policy rate by 50 basis points, the largest…
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May 5, 2022

Luxembourg faces stiff competition in green finance

The Global Green Finance Index, a leading international index ranking sustainable finance activities…
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Eimear O'Dwyer, counsel, Banking, Finance & Capital Markets at Clifford Chance Luxembourg.
Transfers
May 5, 2022

Clifford Chance beefs up team, Alfi hires from PWC

In Luxembourg, international law firm Clifford Chance this week announced the promotion of two of…
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Opinion
May 5, 2022

Demand for oil grows at the drop of a hat

Major investors like Warren Buffett and Goldman Sachs are increasing their positions in oil stocks…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
May 4, 2022

Chart of the week: managers remain overweight on risk

The latest edition of the Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey shows that fund managers are…
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Asset Allocation
May 4, 2022

The Yen has become a plaything of the markets

The Japanese yen is rapidly losing its value against the dollar, increasing pressure on the Japanese…
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Investments. Photo via Unsplash.
Asset Allocation
May 3, 2022

Net Ucits outflows rose more than five-fold in February

Led by a steep drop in bond investments, European Ucits investment funds saw net outflows rise more…
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Laws and Regulations
May 3, 2022

ESAs propose ‘simpler, user-friendly’ investment info

The European Union’s top financial supervisory bodies have told the European Commission to move…
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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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Luxembourg Raif issuance jumps 36% in H1, data analysis shows 
Asset Managers
May 2, 2022

Raif registration growth tails off, but still steady

Growth in funds registered as Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (RAIFs) in Luxembourg has slowed…
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Asset Managers
May 1, 2022

As everyone flees, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway steps in

It was one of the worst stock market quarters in a long time, but Warren Buffett did not stare like…
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Amundi
Asset Managers
April 29, 2022

Amundi assets top 2 tln euro, buoyed by ‘robust’ inflows

Although it noted a “sharp slowdown” since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Europe’s biggest…
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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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