Total assets under management in the European fund industry fell to 14.5 trillion euro at the end of the first quarter from 15.3 trillion at the end of last year, according to the latest European Fund Markets Report by Refinitiv Lipper. The negative …

Has growth in new registrations of Reserved Alternative Investment Funds, known as Raifs, in Luxembourg peaked? As Investment Officer readers have noted, growth tailed off in February and March. Marc Kriegsmann, Raif market specialist at leading …

Anthos Fund & Asset Management BV, the asset manager of the Brenninkmeijer family's holding company Cofra, takes pride in moving with the times. It is working on a major transformation, no mean feat in view of the international laws and regulations. Once …

Investing in trees might at first not seem the quickest route to wealth. Yet timber investments increasingly leverage their clear connection to sustainability and their long-term real asset investment characteristics. Timber investments can serve as a …

The Nasdaq is in a clear downtrend. It is still being held up by the 'generals', the big tech heavyweights such as Alphabet, Microsoft and the like, but it is important to watch out. At times of war, the generals are often the last to die. Despite the …

Despite a wider uptake of alternative energy, fossil fuels like natural gas, oil and coal are here to stay for the next decades and the MSCI Global Energy Composite index will outperform both renewable energy stocks and the broad equity market over the …

Mortgage rates and home prices are skyrocketing worldwide. That is not good news for housing affordability. The graph below shows the relationship between the one-year change in US 30-year mortgage rates and the one-year change in the 'Housing …

A case study of how EU and UK financial sector regulations will diverge is in the shifting rules around the Key Investor Document (KID), part of the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) regulation. There will be no big-bang …

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange on Friday said it has stepped up its efforts to advance gender equality in finance by cooperating with UN Women, the United Nations entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women. The cooperation was announced during …

The management board of Belgian private bank Degroof Petercam has put forward Sabine Caudron as head of private banking and member of its executive committee. She is due to replace former CEO Bruno Colmant, whose mandate expires after seven years. …

European fund assets decline to 14.5 trillion euro in Q1

KYC/AML, alternatives may impact Raif registrations

Dutch C&A family set to lift veil on multi-family AIFM

Amid pulp shortage, forest funds promote sustainability

Position of the 'Nasdaq generals' is faltering

Fossil fuels: ‘reports of my death are greatly exaggerated’

Chart of the week: Homes unaffordable?

EU, UK KIDs diverge as Brexit becomes Priips factor

LuxSE, UN Women join forces to advance gender finance

Sabine Caudron to succeed Colmant at Degroof Petercam