Asset Managers

Asset Managers
July 8, 2022

European investors most concerned over greenwashing

Nearly two-thirds of investors in Europe are concerned about greenwashing, even though EU regulation…
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World Pensions Council panel in Paris, with Gert Dijkstra, senior managing director at APG.
Asset Managers
July 7, 2022

APG says EU regime for impact funds creates greenwashing risk

The increasingly stringent EU regime for green finance was discussed in Paris on Wednesday at the…
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Nick Ring, CEO Columbia Threadneedle Investments
Asset Managers
July 4, 2022

BMO GAM Emea rebrands as Columbia Threadneedle

US asset manager Columbia Threadneedle on Monday said it has completed the rebranding of the…
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Vianden castle in Luxembourg. Photo via Unsplash.
Asset Managers
June 22, 2022

Luxembourg retains lead as funds hub, Ireland catches up

Although its overall market share contracted slightly, Luxembourg last year held on to its number…
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From left to right: Amundi's Pascal Blanqué, geopolitics expert Tina Fordham, Nobel Prize winner Daniël Kahneman, Prof Steve Tsang and Peterson Institute's Olivier Blanchard. Photo: Amundi.
Asset Managers
June 9, 2022

‘Eurozone spreads risk becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy’

Pascal Blanqué, Chairman of the Amundi Institute and former Chief Investment Officer at Amundi, on…
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PWC Luxembourg.
Asset Managers
June 3, 2022

PWC: Alternatives add dynamism to ManCo market

Unregulated alternative investments continued to be dynamic and successful in Luxembourg last year…
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Asoka Woehrmann, former CEO of DWS. Photo: DB.
Asset Managers
June 1, 2022

DWS CEO Wöhrmann resigns after 'green-washing raids'

Less than a day after the “green-washing raids” by German authorities on the Frankfurt offices of…
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German nuclear waste stored in containers at the Morsleben depository, around 500 meters below the surface. Photo: Bundesgesellschaft für Endlagerug, BGE.de.
Asset Managers
May 31, 2022

Luxembourg Raif helps handle German nuclear waste 

The long-term financing of the storage of German commercial radioactive waste is being provided in…
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Jasmine Kang, analyst and portfolio manager Asian equities at Comgest. Photo: Comgest.
Asset Managers
May 30, 2022

Comgest’s Kang: China sees turmoil as an opportunity

Jasmine Kang, Hong Kong-based portfolio manager at Comgest, recently visited Luxembourg and…
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Finance minister Yuriko Backes met with AP1 CEO Kristin Magnusson Bernard. Photo: Luxembourg for Finance via Twitter.
Asset Managers
May 20, 2022

Finance minister Backes: visit to Sweden ‘very productive’

Accompanying Luxembourg’s finance minister Yuriko Backes on her official visit to Stockholm…
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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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A red turtle in a Red Sea coral reef. Photo by Antje Schultner via Flickr.
Asset Managers
May 12, 2022

As investors push, CEOs struggle with sustainability

An increasing number of chief executives recognises that sustainability is one of the main…
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Stage with red curtains. Image CC via Flickr.
Asset Managers
May 10, 2022

Dutch C&A family set to lift veil on multi-family AIFM

Anthos Fund & Asset Management BV, the asset manager of the Brenninkmeijer family’s holding company…
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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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