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May 3, 2022
Asset Allocation

Net Ucits outflows rose more than five-fold in February

Led by a steep drop in bond investments, European Ucits investment funds saw net outflows rise more than five-fold in February when compared to a month earlier due to worries over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and over rising inflation, according to the …
May 3, 2022
Laws and Regulations

ESAs propose ‘simpler, user-friendly’ investment info

The European Union’s top financial supervisory bodies have told the European Commission to move towards a clearer and more effective framework for informing retail clients about costs and potential risks their run with investments, and told it to better …
May 2, 2022
Asset Managers,Private Banks

Renell Bank silent on Merit Capital’s demise

Frankfurt-based Renell Bank AG, which publicly announced the acquisition of Belgium’s Merit Capital last October, remained silent on Monday on the demise of the Antwerp-based brokerage firm whose trading licence is being revoked. Marc Renell, CEO of the …
May 2, 2022
Asset Managers,Sector,Asset Servicing

Raif registration growth tails off, but still steady

Growth in funds registered as Reserved Alternative Investment Funds (Raifs) in Luxembourg has slowed in February and March, according to an analysis of data from the Luxembourg Business Registry by Investment Officer Luxembourg .  The number of new Raifs …
May 1, 2022
Asset Managers,Investing

As everyone flees, Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway steps in

It was one of the worst stock market quarters in a long time, but Warren Buffett did not stare like a rabbit in the headlights. He seized the correction to buy more than 41 billion dollars worth of promising and punished shares. Result: his investment …
April 29, 2022
Asset Managers

Amundi assets top 2 tln euro, buoyed by ‘robust’ inflows

Although it noted a “sharp slowdown” since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Europe’s biggest asset manager Amundi saw its assets under management top 2,000 billion euro during the first quarter, buoyed by the integration of Lyxor and persistent inflows …
April 29, 2022
Laws and Regulations

Luxembourg supports single EU supervisor for markets

The European Union needs to establish a single supervisory body for financial markets in order to boost the development of market finance towards creating a true single European financial market and turning the widely-discussed Capital Markets Union plans …
April 29, 2022
Asset Allocation,Sector,Products

Top 5 High Yield bond funds: UBS in the lead

As expected, 2022 looks set to be a turbulent year for fixed income assets. High-yield bonds shared in the blows dealt in the first quarter.  The ICE BofA Glb High Yield Constrained Index closed the first quarter of 2022 with a 4 percent loss measured in …
April 28, 2022

Wagener to retire as LuxSE chair, Grbic in charge at ABBL

Two of Luxembourg’s top financial bodies are undergoing changes in key leadership positions. Former Fortuna Bank CEO Jerry Grbric this month took over from Yves Maas as chief executive officer of the Grand Duchy’s banking association ABBL, while Frank …
April 28, 2022
Asset Allocation

Investing in Nasdaq without Big Tech

The Nasdaq now trades more than 20 percent below last November's high. With Big Tech remaining under downward pressure, other parts of the Nasdaq look promising.  There has actually been a correction phase since February last year. First in the more …