Asset Managers

Shaun Geils, IQ-EQ
Asset Managers
August 17, 2022

IQ-EQ names new global head of insurance

Luxembourg-based investment services provider IQ-EQ has named Shaun Geils as its global head of…
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HSBC & BOC, foto via Flickr door november-13
Asset Managers
August 17, 2022

No dollar, no crypto, but the e-yuan

The value of a currency is based on trust. The Russian sanctions have not helped the status of…
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cyclone bangladesh
Asset Managers
August 17, 2022

ECB: disorderly climate transition will hit finance

The financial sector will suffer significant declines if the climate transition does not proceed in…
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Pauline Grange of Columbia Threadneedle
Asset Managers
August 12, 2022

The energy transition as a source of opportunity

Pauline Grange (Columbia Threadneedle) emphasises the opportunities that currently exist in the…
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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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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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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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