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April 15, 2022
Asset Allocation,Products

Top 5 emerging markets shares: Nordea 1 in the lead

For emerging countries, the first quarter of 2022 was dominated by the war in Ukraine unleashed by Russia. Equities from Russia itself suffered particularly badly. Various index compilers, including MSCI, have removed Russian shares from all their …
April 15, 2022
Opinion

In Flux: a bubbling housing market, Reifs and rising rates

If there is one economic lesson my father, a construction engineer, taught me, it's that mortgage rates in Europe always follow what’s happening in the United States. When rates go up across the Atlantic, they’re bound to do the same in our part of the …
April 14, 2022
News

Lagarde's roadmap for rates draws a mixed response

As inflation persists across Europe, with double-digit numbers for some eurozone countries, ECB President Christine Lagarde's road map for upcoming interest rates hikes drew a mixed response in the markets. The European Central Bank on Thursday, in no …
April 14, 2022
Transfers

Transfers: Dries to lead EY's wealth and AM tax team

Rosheen Dries has joined EY Luxembourg as the firm’s new wealth and asset management tax leader. She brings more than 25 years of reporting and tax experience in Ucits and alternative finance.  Before joining EY in Luxembourg, Dries was a partner at EY …
April 14, 2022
Asset Managers,Wealth Managers

‘Globalisation, as we know it, is probably over’

With Russia's expulsion from the Swift digital payments system, the West is crossing a dangerous divide that will have far-reaching consequences for the global economy and world order. In an interview with Investment Officer, Ritesh Jain, an influential …
April 14, 2022
Sector,Opinion

Warren Buffett's inflation-proof portfolio

Not surprisingly, Berkshire Hathaway has risen 16 percent this year and has outperformed the S&P 500 by 23 percent over the past 12 months. Pricing power is an important criteria for Mr Buffett and Mr Munger in their selection process. Their company in …
April 13, 2022
Asset Servicing

FNZ, Clearstream team up to manage fund distribution info

Wealth management platform FNZ and Clearstream, Deutsche Börse Group’s post-trade services provider, said that they have agreed a strategic partnership that will help asset managers get a better view of information required for the distribution of …
April 13, 2022
Investing

Rising market rates ‘harbinger of misery’

The yield on US 10-year Treasury bonds topped 2.8 percent on Tuesday, the highest point since 2018. The 10-year yield thus technically breaks the downward trend line that dominated the government bond market for the last four decades. “This is a harbinger …
April 13, 2022
Asset Allocation

Gold market unimpressed with rising rates

Gold gained ground in March. The war in Ukraine has put the precious metal back in the spotlight for investors. But even as the war seems to have been priced in, and interest rate hikes are expected to accelerate, gold remains in demand. What is going on …
April 13, 2022
Asset Managers,Laws and Regulations,Asset Servicing

'Side-pocketing Russian assets requires preparation'

Funds exposed to the Ukraine war have new liquidity management options following the recent publication of the CSSF’s guidance. To understand more about how the market is adapting , particularly during the current annual reporting season, we spoke to …