Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could eventually become the dominant way for investors to access private markets, according to State Street's latest private markets study. For Luxembourg, which combines expertise in private markets and ETFs, that shift could …

For family offices, status is increasingly giving way to performance. Wealthy families that once built their wealth around so-called trophy assets such as landmark buildings and art collections are shifting toward broader, institutionally constructed …

Luxembourg is poised to expand the structuring options for alternative investment funds by allowing certain unregulated partnership AIFs to use statutory umbrella compartments for the first time. The change could reduce one of the main reasons sponsors …

Euronext Brussels moved out of the Stock Exchange building in the heart of the city in 2015, bringing 142 years of trading in the landmark building to an end. “I don’t mind that it ultimately became a beer museum. But there was another scenario on the …

AI is changing the market. Technology giants such as Alphabet cannot escape the enormous investments required by the AI race. Quality investor Terry Smith is therefore adapting his investment process. He has identified the problem remarkably well, yet …

Strong quarterly results confirm that the European banking sector is now well equipped to withstand shocks. The war in the Middle East and developments involving private credit funds have raised a few eyebrows here and there, but optimism remains the …

Greater flexibility does not automatically translate into better returns. Managers of flexible allocation funds can continuously adjust their portfolios to changing market conditions, but successfully timing the market remains beyond the reach of most. …

When is a central bank fighting inflation too aggressively? A commonly used yardstick for answering that question is the level of the policy interest rate set by the central bank relative to what is known as the neutral interest rate. The neutral interest …

The launch of the low-cost Chinese AI model Kimi K3 sent US technology stocks sharply lower in July. Still, investors do not expect China’s advance to bring the AI rally to an end, even as the gap between winners and losers widens. Kimi K3’s release on …

UBS once again exceeded expectations, but for Europe's largest wealth manager, the biggest challenge no longer lies in the financial markets. Instead, the bank's future is increasingly being shaped in Bern, where Swiss lawmakers are weighing significantly …

Luxembourg eyes the next phase of private market investing

Family offices trade trophy assets for institutional portfolios

Loyens & Loeff: Luxembourg broadens SCSp/SCS fund toolkit

Trading floors: how the Brussels Stock Exchange became a beer temple

Terry Smith is right about AI, that’s why we’re not changing anything

European banks remain on solid footing

Morningstar: Nedgroup vs Pinebridge in flexible allocation funds

How not to deal with high inflation

Investors keep faith in tech rally despite Kimi K3 launch shock

UBS at loggerheads with Bern as Q2 exceeds expectations