Two Luxembourg brand names in the alternative investments business are disappearing. Fund administration firm Pandomus and independent management company Pancura have been renamed under the single new brand of Pandoo. The two companies were already part …

The European Union’s top supervisory authority for financial markets has started the new year with a new visual identity and logo that underlines its drive for efficient and resilient markets, the role of sustainability and innovation in its mission, and …

Apex Group plans to hire more than 500 new fund services experts in Johannesburg this year in order to better service its growing global client base of asset managers, capital markets, private clients and family offices. Asked if this hiring plan was …

While general expectations are similar to cautious voices heard elsewhere in Europe. Luxembourg remains confident that it is well placed to weather any turmoil that 2023 may bring. The continued push to make finance sustainable and the long-term …

The final quarter of a stock market year that many investors were keen to put behind them was marked by a number of notable and abrupt changes. Only one global equity fund, the Gavekal Global Equities Fund, managed to close the year with a double-digit …

Individual autocrats in Russia and China as well as at a number of top global technology firms pose a severe risk to geopolitical and economic stability in our world this year, the Eurasia Group says in its report on top risks for 2023. This global …

The euro saw a 20-year low against the US dollar in 2022. With the ECB catching up with the Federal Reserve, investors are counting on a comeback for the European currency. Currency specialists, however, are divided. Unprecedented inflation levels steered …

Luxembourg’s financial supervisors are preparing for tough scrutiny of the annual reports that firms will produce in the coming months. The 2022 reports are required to elaborate in detail on the impact of climate change, on the financial fallout from the …

Perhaps the most contentious development in Luxembourg’s fund management ecosystem this year was the order to management firms, issued by supervisor CSSF, to report back on the costs of investment funds and look at becoming more efficient. Investment fund …

Luxembourg branches of investment firms and financial institutions headquartered elsewhere in the European Union from this year onwards will have to ask their auditors to produce an independent report on measures taken to prevent money laundering and the …

Pandoo, as single brand, replaces Pandomus, Pancura

Esma’s new look reflects sustainability, innovation

Apex to hire 500 fund services experts in Johannesburg

Luxembourg confident it can weather any turmoil in 2023

Top 5 global equity funds: only one shows double-digits

‘Rogue Russia’, ‘Maximum Xi’ are top geopolitics risks

Euro comeback draws mixed reviews

Climate reporting: ‘Boilerplates not welcome’

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