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October 10, 2022
Asset Servicing

HSBC picks Clearstream for fund processing, distribution

HSBC has chosen Clearstream, Deutsche Börse’s Luxembourg-based post-trading service provider, as its global partner for administering investment fund activities for fund order routing, safekeeping, settlement and distribution support services. Vestima, …
October 10, 2022
Asset Managers,News,Technology

Tokenised real estate project plows ahead with a guarantee

BlocHome, a Luxembourg blockchain real estate investment platform, has arranged a guarantee that will allow it to finance the first security token-based residential project in Europe, an eight million euro housing project in Luxembourg known as the …
October 10, 2022
Opinion

Chart of the Week: Is Credit Suisse a systemic risk?

European financials are in the spotlight again. And once again, it is not because of anything good. The CDS spread on Credit Suisse has spurted up over the past few days. Is this just the tip of the iceberg? Many “investors” and “gurus” are eager to point …
October 10, 2022
Laws and Regulations

EU Commission won't assess greenwashing before 2024

As fund managers and investors across the 27 countries in the European Union continue to question the union's approach to its sustainable finance framework, Brussels has made clear it will take its time before addressing growing confusion over …
October 7, 2022
Asset Managers,Sector

IMF: illiquid funds risk adding to volatility, market shocks

Investment funds that hold illiquid, hard-to-sell assets and that calculate their net asset value on a daily basis can trigger volatility and add to the impact of shocks in financial markets, especially in turbulent times, the International Monetary Fund …
October 7, 2022
Products

Morningstar Top 5: Gavekal leads large-cap mixed equity

The third quarter has come to a close.  In the category of global large-cap mixed equity, Gavekal, JOHCM and State Street offered the best-performing funds during these three months, as measured by the performance of funds with a classification for the …
October 7, 2022
Investing

Preqin: Global private capital to double to $18.3 tln by 2027 

Demand for private capital, in particular from major retail investors, continues to show resilience despite a challenging economic outlook. An extrapolation of Preqin's global projection to Luxembourg suggests its private and alternative investment market …
October 6, 2022

Conditions point to high risk of ‘financial accidents’

US stocks appear to have entered the 'final stages' of a bear market. But the final low for the S&P 500 is seen around the 3000 to 3400 point level, which would represent a drop of another 16 per cent from last week's close. Current conditions are such …
October 5, 2022
Opinion

Graph of the week: more than a pound of trouble

UK financial markets are in "turmoil". This somewhat CNBC-esque opening, however, covers it well. And it has resulted in a chart that usually belongs to an emerging economy on the verge of collapse. The British pound is falling despite rapidly rising …
October 5, 2022
Asset Managers

ESG criteria, practices could transform liquid alternatives

Sustainable investing may be taking the wider investment fund world by storm, especially in Europe. But when it comes to liquid alternative funds, the sustainable wave is less advanced. Some in the liquid alternative space remain openly dismissive of …