Macroeconomic pressure on Luxembourg’s real estate sector has translated into a lower volume of property sales, which is hurting the businesses of those who sell real estate properties – real estate agents. They are now screaming bloody murder. “The …

During my student days in the late 1980s, I was one of the few students who had access to an Apple II computer. A big difference between Apple’s word processor then and the average word processor on a PC was WYSIWYG, acronym for What You See Is What You …

While some sources of pollution are more visible, the built environment is regarded a major one that is not. Fidelity International, via Luxembourg, is launching a new climate impact fund leveraging the need for improved performance of existing commercial …

New York Life, America’s largest mutual life insurer, has named Naïm Abou-Jaoudé as chief executive officer of New York Life Investment Management. Vincent Hamelink (photo), Candriam chief investment officer, will succeed Abou-Jaoudé as CEO of Candriam. …

The collective value of Luxembourg investment funds has plunged more than 800 billion euro from record levels reached a year ago as inflation, rising interest rates and the war in Ukraine took their toll on assets domiciled in the grand duchy. At the end …

Eurozone interest rates will rise further in the near future as evidence grows that inflation has become entrenched, leaving the European Central Bank no option but to continue to hike its policy rates. At Ethenea, ECB watchers believe official deposit …

European Depositary Bank, a Luxembourg-based provider of banking, depositary and custody solutions that is part of the Apex Group, on Monday said it has been appointed by Arab Bank to support its real-estate ambitions in the European, Middle East and …

The chart showing market expectations of what the Federal Reserve will do and what the central bank wants to do is fascinating at the moment. Take a moment and sit back. As Powell highlighted in his latest FOMC press conference, the Fed is aiming for a …

Forget about all those bars of gold that are heavily guarded because they are incredibly valuable. Credibility is the most valuable asset for a central bank. It is the monetary version of what goodwill is to a company. In this respect, the ECB could learn …

After a dramatic first half of the year where global high-yield bond funds lost 7.3 per cent of their value, the second half of last year saw a small gain of 1.4 per cent, in euro terms. The consensus among fund managers remains that despite recession …

Luxembourg real estate agents screaming murder

ChatGPT and the world of finance

Fidelity’s new €1.5 bln real estate fund seeks a climate impact

Hamelink CEO at Candriam; Abou-Jaoudé to lead NY Life

Luxembourg investment funds lost €831 bln last year

‘ECB should raise the deposit rate to 4, 5 or even 6 percent’

EDB to support Arab Bank’s real estate ambitions in Emea

Graph of the week: a major mismatch

The ECB should learn from the Fed

Top 5: UBS leads in high-yield bond funds