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Investing
July 23, 2024

Lack of boldness in venture capital is Europe’s ‘costly weakness’

Economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) assert that Europeans invest insufficiently in…
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Asset Allocation
July 22, 2024

‘Dancing on the volcano - as long as it lasts’

High valuations and geopolitical risks indicate potential overheating and future uncertainties…
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Jeroen Blokland
July 22, 2024

Good news is ‘just’ good news again

We are at a crossroads when it comes to incoming macro data. While it was long hoped for some…
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Asset Allocation
July 19, 2024

Fund Radar: Currency effects drive returns in EM debt

Emerging market debt investors believe that the overvaluation of the US dollar is at relatively…
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Sebastiaan Hooghiemstra, Loyens & Loeff.
Laws and Regulations
July 18, 2024

ESAs support a SFDR 2.0 ‘product labelling regime’

Sebastiaan Hooghiemstra at Loyens & Loeff reviews the opinion tabled by the EU’s supervisory…
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Guy Stear, head of developed markets strategy at the Amundi Investment Institute. Photo: Amundi.
Transfers
July 18, 2024

Transfer Thursday: Amundi, GGF, Partners, Citi, KPMG

This week’s overview of transfers, appointments, promotions and other career news includes updates…
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Private markets
Investing
July 17, 2024

Illiquidity, complexity restrain allocations to alternatives

Investment advisors in both the US and Europe have been expressing a desire to increase allocations…
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Luxembourg's parliament is the 60-seat Chambres de Deputees. Photo: Wikimedia CC-BY-2.0.
Laws and Regulations
July 17, 2024

Luxembourg tax authority to get special AML unit

Luxembourg has decided to establish a special anti-money laundering (AML) unit within its tax…
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Investing
July 17, 2024

EU faces significant investment crisis, report warns

A new report by Finance Watch, a Brussels-based public interest group, has highlighted an impending…
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Han Dieperink
July 17, 2024

Summer rally looming

In the years when a new US president is elected, there is often a summer rally. Typically, July is…
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