Arendt on Wednesday said it agreed to sell a majority stake in its investor services subsidiary to Blackfin Capital Partners in a transaction valuing the business at close to 500 million dollars. The deal, which includes third-party AIFM Amanco, is …

Schroders Schroders has appointed Dan Morris as head of investment, public markets, a newly created role aimed at accelerating innovation and scaling its client-focused investment solutions across global public markets. Morris, who previously worked at …

For decades, we have embraced the rise of passive investing (hammock investing) as the ultimate democratization of the financial markets. The gospel of low costs, broad diversification, and market returns seemed infallible. But while passive assets under …

Allvue Systems said Tuesday it will form a strategic partnership with KPMG Luxembourg to support all client implementation work across Europe, a move aimed at helping global asset managers navigate Luxembourg’s increasingly complex fund landscape. The …

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF has concluded that investment fund managers are increasingly aware of the risks associated with the financing of weapons of mass destruction (WMD’s), yet many of their internal safeguards remain underdeveloped. The …

Fund passports were built on the same vision that shaped the Schengen Zone: shared trust and borderless movement. Luxembourg remains at the center of that idea. If you stand in the village of Schengen, where Luxembourg meets France and Germany, it is hard …

It was a master plan. The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation was supposed to send massive private capital flows into green investments, finance the Green Deal, and allow Europe to set an example for the rest of the world. Not a nonbinding …

AI is going to change the world, but which companies will benefit most from that trend? Investors who put money into trends and themes such as AI look for a solid benchmark to determine the purity of their investments. The goal is high purity. That does …

Financial markets are under pressure. Not only stocks but also other asset classes are mostly moving lower. Are we dealing with unique factors, or is there a single overarching culprit? If you invest in bitcoin, you are asked constantly what exactly …

Dan Ariely has devoted his career to understanding irrational behavior. According to the Duke University professor of psychology and behavioral economics, ESG investors are the perfect test group. They focus, he says, on what is easy to measure rather …

Arendt sells majority stake in AIS to Blackfin in $500 mln deal

Transfers: Schroders, DNCA, Loomis Sayles, Edmond de Rothschild AM

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