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February 24, 2022
Laws and Regulations

Brexit: de facto equivalence seen as boon for Luxembourg

It is over a year since the end of the transition period that saw Brexit come into full effect and as regards financial services regulation, the UK still appears to be searching for a new direction. Or maybe this is the plan. Could the strategy be to talk …
February 23, 2022
Investing

Buying when cannons roar?

Conventional stock market wisdom says investors should buy when the cannons roar and sell when the stock market hears the clarion call. The cannons are literally roaring today. But does this reasoning hold true? Author Ben Carlson has written extensively …
February 23, 2022
Asset Managers

Pressure on equities drives investors to dividend funds

With their stable income and preference for defensive stocks, conservative dividend strategies can be seen as an alternative to government bonds at times of stock market uncertainty. Are they really? Yes, says fund manager Thomas Schüssler of the …
February 22, 2022

What Putin’s aggression means for markets

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 …
February 22, 2022

Luxembourg Raifs attract a global audience

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 …
February 21, 2022
Investing

On the way to a new recession?

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. …
February 21, 2022
Asset Servicing

Podcast: FundRock's Parain sees future in global distribution

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 …
February 18, 2022
Asset Managers

Global ETF net inflows fall to $76.4 billion in January 

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 …
February 18, 2022
Products

Top 5 US funds: from lockdown winners to interest losers

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 …
February 17, 2022
Opinion

The year of the stock picker

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 …