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September 1, 2022
News

Investor confidence at highest level since January 2021

Investor confidence in Europe jumped in August and reached its highest level since January last year, according to the latest State Street Investor Confidence Index. The investor confidence index, or ICI, for Europe jumped 20.4 points to 106 in August. …
September 1, 2022

BLI’s Wagner to focus as CIO as Nosetti named CEO

BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments on Thursday said that it has appointed Fanny Nosetti (photo) as chief executive officer. The appointment means that Guy Wagner now can “focus entirely” on his role  as chief investment officer, managing the firm’s …
September 1, 2022
Investing

Net fund outflows doubled in June compared to May

European investment funds continued to experience net outflows for a sixth consecutive month as investors withdrew twice as much from Ucits and alternative investment funds during June compared to May, according to the European Fund and Asset Management …
September 1, 2022
Asset Servicing,Investing

Luxembourg Raif issuance up 36% in H1, Waystone lead issuer

Growth in funds registered as Reserved Alternative Investment Funds, known as Raifs, in Luxembourg has increased considerably in the first half of this year, according to an analysis of data from the Luxembourg Business Registry by Investment Officer …
September 1, 2022
Asset Allocation,Opinion

The added value of low volatility

Low-risk stocks do better in the long run than high-risk stocks. For the record, this story equates risk with movement or, in stock market jargon, volatility. In itself, this is not the correct definition of risk. The flip side of risk in the form of …
August 31, 2022
Opinion

The ECB fails since 1999!

“In accordance with Article 105(1) of the Treaty, the primary objective of the ESCB shall be to maintain price stability.” “Without prejudice to the objective of price stability, the ESCB shall support the general economic policies in the Community with a …
August 31, 2022
News,Investing

Luxempart acquires stake in hospital software firm Nexus

Luxempart, a Luxembourg-based investment and private equity company, on Wednesday said it has acquired a 8.4 percent stake in Nexus AG, a German-based publicly listed hospital software provider in Europe through a capital increase of 72.5 million euro. …
August 31, 2022
News

Dividend payouts surge to record 545 billion in Q2

Dividends worldwide rose by 11.3 percent in nominal terms in the second quarter of 2022 to a historic quarterly record of 544.8 billion dollars, the latest Global Dividend Index report by Janus Henderson shows.  If the strong US dollar and other …
August 31, 2022
Investing

Luxempart posts €55.4 mln loss in ‘extremely choppy’ H1

Luxempart, a Luxembourg-listed investment and private equity company, has posted a consolidated net loss of 55.4 million euro for the first half as its investment income was hit by “extremely choppy” conditions in financial markets and the economy. The …
August 30, 2022
News

‘Cheap money at ECB makes fighting inflation difficult’

The European Central Bank needs to review its special programmes that make available cheap money to banks in Europe in order to become more effective in fighting inflation, Banque de France governor François Villeroy de Galhau told central bankers at …