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August 24, 2022
Opinion

Han Dieperink: interest rates must rise further

The US equity market has rebounded some 15 percent from its low in June, helped by hopes of a Fed turnaround, better-than-expected corporate results and investors who were gloomy but invested. The June low remarkably coincided with the peak in earnings …
August 23, 2022
Technology

BlocHome offers alternative approach to home ownership

An innovative start-up in Luxembourg is looking to democratise housing markets by tokenising homes. Leveraging the blockchain, BlocHome lets its clients partially own the home they live in. On the part they do not own they pay rent. "The more you are …
August 22, 2022
Private Banks,Transfers

Credit Suisse hires Quintet’s Purcell for sustainability

Former UBS director James Purcell has left Luxembourg-based private bank Quintet and joined Credit Suisse as head of sustainability. Purcell will report directly to ​​Credit Suisse’s chief sustainability officer, Emma Crystal. After more than a decade at …
August 22, 2022
Investing

China offers opportunities; manageable risks

Last quarter, the Shanghai A-share Index did 11 per cent better than the S&P 500 and 15 per cent better than the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Still, sentiment on China is gloomy. The negativity is fuelled by large amounts of bad news.  Western …
August 22, 2022
Opinion

Chart of the week: valuation as decisive factor

Valuation is often not the immediate trigger for a stock market turnaround. But it is a decisive factor in the amount of upward or downward potential for the market. Re-rating Since its low point in mid-June, the S&P 500 Index has risen 18 per cent. Over …
August 19, 2022
Asset Managers

Top 5 Eurozone small-cap stocks: Midlin in the lead

Eurozone small-cap equity funds cannot exactly count on warm interest from investors. The assets under management are considerably lower than for funds within the European small-cap category, for example. Moreover, investors have been withdrawing money …
August 18, 2022
News

A bear market rally causes 'directionless volatility’

In a very negative year for equities, the S&P 500 gained more than 11 per cent this month. The MSCI ACWI index gained almost 10 percent. Are we crawling out of the bear market, or has the rebound been exaggerated? This year's losses have been rapidly …
August 18, 2022
Opinion

Han Dieperink: alternatives for energy

European gas and electricity prices break records almost daily. The effect of energy on an economy is often underestimated. Almost all economic activity consists of energy, but in a different form.  Labour is energy. The production of capital goods …
August 17, 2022
Asset Managers,Transfers,Asset Servicing

IQ-EQ names new global head of insurance

Luxembourg-based investment services provider IQ-EQ has named Shaun Geils as its global head of insurance. Geils is stepping into a newly-created position intended to support IQ-EQ’s service offering from the firm’s London office in the United Kingdom. He …
August 17, 2022
Asset Managers,Opinion

No dollar, no crypto, but the e-yuan

The value of a currency is based on trust. The Russian sanctions have not helped the status of Western currencies. Yet crypto currencies also have difficulty escaping Western sanctions. The digital currency issued by China's central bank, also known as …