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December 12, 2022
Asset Managers

Cube Infrastructure invests €50 mln in Italian fiber 

An investment fund owned by Luxembourg-based Cube Infrastructure Managers has recently announced a first-phase investment of 50 million euros into a wholesale fiber-to-the-home/ fiber-to-the-office project in southern Italy. When completed, this network …
December 9, 2022
News,Supervision

Esma: Post-Brexit supervision CSSF, AFM ‘insufficient’

Supervisory practices in Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands “appeared insufficient” during the years that Brexit pushed financial services away from the United Kingdom to EU member states, a peer review among European financial supervisors has found. …
December 9, 2022
News,Investing

German court paves the road for more debt in Europe

German judges handed down an important verdict this week: EU treaties are no obstacle to shared debt in the union. The ruling comes shortly after the European Commission called for new joint injections into the economy. “As an investor I would carefully …
December 9, 2022
Asset Allocation

Morningstar Top 5: US government bond funds

European investors this year found safety in short-term US debt and the dollar. Interest rate policy forecasts are an international sport among economists and investors. The Fed raised its policy rate by 75 basis points four times but is preparing to …
December 8, 2022
Asset Managers

Vanguard exits net zero alliance, bows to Republicans

Vanguard, the world’s second-largest investment fund manager after BlackRock, is finding itself in a political tug of war in the US that now has led to its decision to withdraw a top international alliance of asset managers that seeks to promote …
December 8, 2022
Technology

Fintechs seek bigger role in sustainable investing

Fintech firms see a role for themselves in assisting and enabling the Luxembourg financial centre’s strong move towards sustainable investing, but call for collaboration and support from the financial industry and the Luxembourg government to make this …
December 7, 2022
Supervision

CSSF to survey money laundering risks

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF on Wednesday said its annual online survey relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing will start on 15 February next year. The survey aims to collect standardised key information …
December 7, 2022
Asset Managers

Bluebell wants Fink out, sees greenwashing at BlackRock

British activist investor Bluebell Capital Partners is aiming its guns at BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, and its CEO Larry Fink, criticising the firm for its ‘hypocrisy’ over its ESG and sustainability practices while drawing attention to …
December 7, 2022
Asset Managers

Merit flagship fund renamed as Dierickx Leys Fund III

Following the precarious situation surrounding troubled Belgian broker Merit Capital and its financial problems, the management of its flagship Merit Capital Global Investment Fund has now been full transferred to Belgian private bank Dierickx Leys. The …
December 7, 2022
Asset Servicing,Investing

IO Talks: valuation experts move centre stage

Luxembourg has recently seen the launch of the Luxembourg Valuation Professionals Association, also known as LVPA. Valuations are “extremely strategic for building trust with your investors,” said Hind El Gaidi, one of the LVPA’s co-founders in a podcast …