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March 8, 2023
Asset Managers

Morningstar set for Luxembourg investment awards 

Investment research firm Morningstar is set to announce the winners of the 2023 Morningstar Awards for Excellence in Investing in Luxembourg.  A total of 12 funds were nominated in the categories global equity fund, best Europe equity fund, best Euro bond …
March 8, 2023
Sector

Data users decry bourse’s ‘cash cow approach’

There’s a battle raging just out of view on Europe’s financial markets. The dispute is between owners and users of trading data and is over who gets to profit from it. The battle lines have been drawn between the data originators – largely but not only …
March 8, 2023
Asset Managers

Jan van Eck: ESG investments require political intervention 

The crusade against "woke capitalism" is entering a new phase in the United States now that Republican politicians turn against ESG policies in asset management. Jan van Eck, chief executive of the global ETF boutique carrying his name, this interference …
March 7, 2023
News,Asset Servicing

Apex continues acquisitions in Brazil

Apex Group Ltd, a Bermuda-based global financial services provider with a well-established record of acquiring companies, has announced its successful acquisition of Brazil's BRL Trust DTVM after obtaining full regulatory approval, according to a Tuesday …
March 7, 2023
Asset Managers,Technology

Survey finds mixed understanding of digital

A survey conducted among 300 investment institutions, including asset managers, asset owners and insurance firms, has found a mixed understanding of digital assets among investment professionals. The results point to different levels of readiness to using …
March 7, 2023
Private Banks,Wealth Managers,Investing

‘Liquidity remains an issue in the new Eltif framework’

Less than a month after the European parliament adopted its updated regulation for Eltifs - the European long-term investment funds - the new framework may be showing its first cracks. The lack of liquidity remains problematic, and that makes it …
March 7, 2023
Asset Servicing,Investing

New Raif registrations remain below year-ago levels

Some 27 new Reserved Alternative Investment Funds, or Raifs, were registered at the Luxembourg Business Register during February, according to information made public at the end of the month. The number brings the total new Raifs registered so far this …
March 6, 2023
Supervision

CSSF fines Intertrust over poor governance

Luxembourg’s financial regulator the CSSF announced last Friday afternoon that it had fined trust and corporate services provider Intertrust (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. nearly 200,000 euros at the end of last November for several failings. This included meeting …
March 6, 2023
Asset Managers

ESG policies point to growing geographical split

Responsible investment policies at two thirds of the world’s major asset managers, representing some 60 trillion dollars in assets under management, fall short of their objectives, leaving the firms with “serious gaps” in their practices, according to a …
March 6, 2023
Opinion

Chart of the week: are stocks overpriced?

My column last week, titled 'Cash is king,' showed that both cash and bonds are again competing with equities. After years of being saddled with TINA - There Is No Alternative - there again is something for investors to choose from. Now of course those …