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May 10, 2022
Asset Managers,Wealth Managers

Dutch C&A family set to lift veil on multi-family AIFM

Anthos Fund & Asset Management BV, the asset manager of the Brenninkmeijer family's holding company Cofra, takes pride in moving with the times. It is working on a major transformation, no mean feat in view of the international laws and regulations. Once …
May 10, 2022
Asset Allocation

Amid pulp shortage, forest funds promote sustainability

Investing in trees might at first not seem the quickest route to wealth. Yet timber investments increasingly leverage their clear connection to sustainability and their long-term real asset investment characteristics. Timber investments can serve as a …
May 10, 2022
Investing,Opinion

Position of the 'Nasdaq generals' is faltering

The Nasdaq is in a clear downtrend. It is still being held up by the 'generals', the big tech heavyweights such as Alphabet, Microsoft and the like, but it is important to watch out. At times of war, the generals are often the last to die. Despite the …
May 10, 2022
Asset Allocation,Investing

Fossil fuels: ‘reports of my death are greatly exaggerated’

Despite a wider uptake of alternative energy, fossil fuels like natural gas, oil and coal are here to stay for the next decades and the MSCI Global Energy Composite index will outperform both renewable energy stocks and the broad equity market over the …
May 9, 2022
Opinion

Chart of the week: Homes unaffordable?

Mortgage rates and home prices are skyrocketing worldwide. That is not good news for housing affordability. The graph below shows the relationship between the one-year change in US 30-year mortgage rates and the one-year change in the 'Housing …
May 9, 2022
Laws and Regulations

EU, UK KIDs diverge as Brexit becomes Priips factor

A case study of how EU and UK financial sector regulations will diverge is in the shifting rules around the Key Investor Document (KID), part of the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) regulation. There will be no big-bang …
May 6, 2022

LuxSE, UN Women join forces to advance gender finance 

The Luxembourg Stock Exchange on Friday said it has stepped up its efforts to advance gender equality in finance by cooperating with UN Women, the United Nations entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women. The cooperation was announced during …
May 6, 2022
Transfers

Sabine Caudron to succeed Colmant at Degroof Petercam

The management board of Belgian private bank Degroof Petercam has put forward Sabine Caudron as head of private banking and member of its executive committee. She is due to replace former CEO Bruno Colmant, whose mandate expires after seven years. …
May 6, 2022
Private Banks,Wealth Managers

After solid 2021, Degroof sees Russia 'undermine markets' 

Belgian private bank Degroof Petercam, which has a significant presence in Luxembourg, has warned of ongoing uncertainty in financial markets as a result of Russia’s war against Ukraine, which it said “undermines financial markets”. The bank has announced …
May 6, 2022
Opinion

In Flux: Europe’s own SEC

Luxembourg loves the new new thing, especially when it comes to financial legislation. The big question is: what should be next? The Grand Duchy may have found the answer already. In the late 1980s, the Grand Duchy successfully tapped into global …