Emerging market bond markets are under pressure. Concerns about whether Russia will make its interest payments this month are leading investors to wonder which other countries are at risk of default. Billions of dollars of Russian government and corporate …

Even as limited trading resumed on Moscow’s exchange on Thursday, prospects for emerging market funds exposed to Russia remained cloudy as determining accurate asset values continued to be nearly impossible. Fund managers now await guidance from financial …

The biggest risk for investors at the moment is high inflation. While the market places too much emphasis on short-term inflation, it also tends to underestimate long-term inflation. The news that Powell might raise interest rates by 50 basis points next …

Luxembourg is considering the innovative use of a particular liquidity management tool known as “side pockets” in order to deal with the suspensions of investment funds with significant exposure to Russia. If accepted by the Luxembourg financial …

The head of Luxembourg’s top financial regulator on Tuesday called on the country’s asset management industry to step up its efforts and make sure that Russian oligarchs don’t evade sanctions by hiding their money in European investment funds. “It is …

M&G Investments Luxembourg is about to integrate its two legal entities in the Grand Duchy into a single Super Manco in order to become more efficient and to prepare for further growth in Europe with the objective of generating half of total group revenue …

The UK has taken a further cautious step towards the permanent regime which will govern access to its market for EU-based Ucits funds. This came with the introduction of regulations establishing the Overseas Funds Regime (OFR) on 23 February. This gives a …

A Luxembourg-based investment firm that announced late last week that it will launch what it calls the first alternative fund investing entirely in crypto assets in this country by year’s end is counting on this country’s high quality regulation and …

I am a fan of the Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey. Not only because this survey covers many important investment themes or because the respondents are exclusively investors, as opposed to “connoisseurs” who give their opinions from the …

There are no winners in a war, but investors who held commodities in their portfolios in recent weeks were able to limit their losses, writes Morningstar’s Thomas De fauw in his Top 5 contribution for this week. Prices for energy, metals and agricultural …

Investors tremble at prospect of EM bond defaults

CSSF guidance expected on 145 Russia-exposed funds

A bull market for inflation

‘Side pockets’ discussed to lift suspensions of Russia funds

CSSF calls for extra efforts to track Russian money

M&G prepares Luxembourg hub for growth in Europe

UK takes step forward into fog on Ucits post Brexit

Q Securities set to launch Luxembourg crypto fund

Contradicting investors

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