Asset Managers

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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
Asset Managers
April 27, 2022

Antwerp asset manager Merit loses brokerage licence

Antwerp-based asset manager Merit Capital will lose its Belgian brokerage licence, according to a…
Read more
The United Nations adopted its Sustainable Development Goals in 2015.
Asset Managers
April 27, 2022

With Blackrock, SDI AOP data platform gains traction 

A relatively new asset owner-led platform providing information needed to decide on sustainable…
Read more
CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Asset Managers
April 26, 2022

Luxembourg AIF assets top 1000 billion euro for first time

Although growth in Luxembourg’s alternative investment funds market slowed in 2020, it remained…
Read more