Fifteen years ago, I bought my first iPhone in Denver, Colorado. Not entirely coincidentally, I was on holiday in the US. I did not have to queue up, but walked into the Apple store in the afternoon. The iPhones with 4 and 8 Gb flash memory were sold out, …

Apex Group is adding another firm to its growing string of acquisitions, announcing that it plans to take over Amsterdam-based Darwin Depositary Services, a firm that provides depositary services to alternative investment funds in Europe. Financial …

Germany surprised on Monday by unexpectedly reporting its first trade deficit since 1991. The reversal of the trade balance in Europe’s largest economy shows how difficult it is for German companies to handle rising costs of oil and gas. Economists at ABN …

US asset manager Columbia Threadneedle on Monday said it has completed the rebranding of the European activities of BMO Global Asset Management, bringing its products and savings plans together under a single brand. BMO GAM in Europe, the Middle East and …

The global macro environment will continue to be anything but normal over the next five years. Investors will have to tread a volatile and challenging path. “Our expectations for a more volatile macroeconomic and market environment call for low and …

German consumer confidence has fallen to its lowest level ever, it became clear last week. Never before have German consumers been so negative about the economy and their financial prospects. And Germany is not alone. Far from it. In the United States, …

The sustainable fund market in Luxembourg and other European fund domiciles has continued its strong growth of recent years, but the short-term impact of the Ukraine war has already disrupted the move to a green future. Still, positive developments ar e …

More economic growth means more population growth, according to Thomas Malthus. The demographer and preacher believed that food production is linear and population growth exponential, and as such are the limits to growth. An overpopulated society leads to …

In Luxembourg’s financial sector, 'the new Ucits’ is an informal but widely recognised label that stands for innovation and promising change. It refers to the success of its 1980s investment legislation that offered European passports to Ucits investments …

Private equity is still largely seen as an exclusive club for professional investors. Retail investors can only take part by investing remotely, for example by buying shares in a management company that has a public listing. In the coming years this is …

Disruptive innovation: the iPhone as game changer for investors

Apex picks Darwin to boost depositary services in Europe

First German trade deficit in 31 years shows EU’s vulnerability

BMO GAM Emea rebrands as Columbia Threadneedle

Pimco: next five years will be anything but normal

Chart of the week: A sudden halt to spending

‘Lack of taxonomy harmonisation leads to fragmentation’

Grow to fight climate crisis

In Flux: Industry 4.0 as the ‘new Ucits’

Wider access to private equity for HNWIs not without risk