Orcadia Asset Management, active in the Benelux and France, has surpassed the 1.1 billion euro mark in assets under management. This allows the asset manager to operate profitably from Luxembourg. “Mergers and acquisitions in the Belgian landscape only …

Have financial markets reached a bottom yet? Or is there more room on the downside? Investors, keen to find out how close to the bottom markets are, will be looking at Frankfurt on Thursday where the European Central Bank will again shed its lights on …

Demand for instant payments, an area in which certain corners of Europe have lagged other parts of the globe, is, according to PwC, disrupting Luxembourg’s payments ecosystem, as well as putting strain on the existing infrastructure. At the same time, …

European Depositary Bank, a Luxembourg-based provider of banking, depositary and custody solutions part of the Apex Group, on Monday said it has been appointed by Mikr o Kapital Management S.A., a Luxembourg-based alternative lender and a leading …

The future has never been more uncertain, and that has more to do with the climate than the business cycle, argues Paul De Grauwe, one of Belgium’s top economists. “Not inflation, but climate is the biggest challenge we face today,” he said. “The entire …

Corporate profits will not fall even if economic growth declines, because of inflation. That is the thinking many investors have when it comes to expected earnings growth for the next 12 months, which is still positive. But I think we are now past the …

Since 2015, the grand duchy has lost almost a third of its private banks. France and Germany are no longer among the key markets. Private banks in Luxembourg, especially the smaller ones, are struggling as their margins are squeezed while weak financial …

Luxembourg funds may well be too expensive. Investment fund managers of Ucits funds in Luxembourg, home to about a third of all such funds in Europe, have been ordered to review, and if necessary correct, the way they calculate the costs and fees of their …

Jean-Paul Servais has been appointed as chair of the board of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions, or Iosco, the international policy forum for securities regulators. He will replace Ashley Alder, former CEO of the Hong Kong …

Luxembourg is one of six countries that are most competitive in terms of taxes among the world’s 38 most developed economies, according to the latest International Tax Competitiveness Index. While this might seem to lend ammunition to those who criticise …

Orcadia sees growth potential in Belgian pension funds

Bottom-pickers look to ECB for clues on market direction

Instant payments disrupt Luxembourg ecosystem

Mikro Kapital appoints EDB as paying agent

‘Climate, not inflation, is today’s biggest challenge’

Chart of the week: inflation drives profits down

Private banks in Luxembourg struggle as margins squeezed

Luxembourg fund managers ordered to review costs

Jean-Paul Servais appointed chair of the new Iosco board

Luxembourg 6th on OECD tax competitiveness list