Global financial markets are on tenterhooks on Tuesday, 22-2-22, after Russian President Vladimir Putin late on Monday recognised the separatists in the east of the Ukraine’s and ordered his troops into Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Putin’s …

A total of 31 new Reserved Alternative Investment Funds, known as Raifs, were created in Luxembourg in January, down from 75 new Raifs that were launched in December and up from 27 such funds that were created the same month a year earlier, according to …

The difference between US 10-year and 2-year yields has fallen to around 45 basis points. That is a flattening of the US yield curve of almost a full percentage point in the last four months. It raises the question of whether a new recession is imminent. …

Luxembourg has a promising potential to further build on its global hub status for investment funds by encouraging management companies to vertically expand their businesses into international fund distribution, according to Xavier Parain, CEO of …

The global ETF industry attracted some 76.4 billion dollars (67.2 billion euro) in net inflows in January, down from 84.38 billion dollars the same month a year earlier, according to ETFGI, a London-based research and consultancy firm. Assets invested in …

Growth stocks have been the apple of investors' eye for years. Technology, software and e-commerce companies have grown imperturbably into leading billion-dollar corporations. In the wake of established names, the potential unicorns of the future sprang …

For two decades in a row money has money has flowed out of active funds. Last year, 100 billion euro suddenly flowed into active funds. It was the best year since 2000. Active managers naturally tend to emphasise value and size factors. As a group, they …

For a country that is well established as a global leader in investment funds, one might expect its people to embrace more risk when it comes to their financial investments. As it turns out, the love for cash deposits is as big as ever. “Households in …

Amundi, Europe’s biggest asset manager, on Wednesday said that it has created the Amundi Institute as a new division that will help investors better determine their asset allocation and help them construct their portfolios in an increasingly complex and …

Two of Luxembourg’s biggest asset services companies, Apex and Universal-Investment, have recently strengthened their client services teams. Stefan Koch has been appointed as Client Relations Director and member of the Management Board at Apex Fund …

What Putin’s aggression means for markets

Luxembourg Raifs attract a global audience

On the way to a new recession?

Podcast: FundRock's Parain sees future in global distribution

Global ETF net inflows fall to $76.4 billion in January

Top 5 US funds: from lockdown winners to interest losers

The year of the stock picker

Luxembourgers love their cash deposits, remain risk-averse

Monica Defend, Pascal Blanqué to lead Amundi Institute

People: Mancos Apex, Universal-Investment strengthen teams