Among the top five actively managed mutual funds in the energy sector that are tracked by Morningstar, the BGF World Energy and NN (L) Energy funds stand out as top performers when considering the year-to-date performance of this type of funds. Black gold …

The spread of web-based platforms has reached into the rarefied atmosphere of private equity, which has historically been paper-based and face-to-face in-person meeting with one’s investment adviser. This is taking place against an industry-wide drive to …

A new set of rules - part of an update to the EU’s Mifid 2 directive - took effect in Luxembourg on Tuesday that will set out how banks and asset managers are required to handle their investment products in terms of Environmental, Social and Governance. …

Financial regulators across the European Union next year will embark on a comprehensive review of costs that investment firms charge for their funds. Claude Marx, director general of Luxembourg financial supervisor CSSF, on Wednesday elaborated on some of …

When it comes to enhancing the economic value chain in terms of sustainability, net-zero and financing the energy transition, the private assets sector is well positioned as an actor that can help deliver the changes that are needed to keep growth …

Real Estate Investment Funds, or Reifs, in Luxembourg saw total assets climb by 26 percent in the year running up to the end of the third quarter, to 131 billion euro. The number of Reifs increased by 20 percent to 621 funds. The latest edition of the …

The exact impact on private asset values of this ye ar’s declines on global stock and bond markets has yet to be determined, but already some family offices are concerned about the shifts in their portfolios. “There are capital calls that have not been …

M&G said it will introduce an additional set of ESG exclusions to its M&G (Lux) Optimal Income fund managed by Richard Woolnough. The fund will expand its sector-based Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) exclusions to companies involved in arctic …

The European Union’s Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled that private information on the ultimate ownership of companies and investment funds registered in the Luxembourg Business Register does not always need to be made available to the general public. The …

Fresh registrations for alternative investment funds in Luxembourg, considered the top European hub for private investments, this month are at their lowest monthly level in nearly six years. Regulatory changes as well as market conditions are cited as a …

Top five energy funds: BGF World, NN Energy stand out

Digital platforms embrace private assets enthusiasm

New ESG product rules under Mifid2 take effect

CSSF’s Marx: Efficiency focus also in interests of investors

Net-zero: ‘Private asset managers are privileged’

Luxembourg real estate fund assets up 26% vs year ago

‘There are capital calls that have not been met’

M&G adds arctic drilling, adult, tobacco to exclusions

EU court: publishing UBO data infringes fundamental rights

Lacklustre mood hits private markets at year-end