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December 25, 2019
Asset Allocation,Investing

CIO DWS: European equity markets will celebrate

Equity markets are starting 2020 on an optimistic note. Investors are celebrating the preliminary US-China trade deal and equities are trading at record highs. Investment Officer asked three prominent investors  representing global asset managers for …
December 25, 2019
Asset Allocation,Investing

CIO AXA IM: Low interest rates can cause financial shock

2020 will probably not be a great year for bonds. The low interest rates could even precipitate a shock to the financial system eventually. The outlook for equities is somewhat more promising, even though it's difficult to grow earnings in the current …
December 25, 2019
Asset Allocation,Investing

2020 outlook: trade war truce will drive recovery

The world economy is showing signs of recovery. Over the fourth quarter, investors have anticipated a more stable macro environment by driving up equity market valuations. The ‘very large Phase One Deal’ that was announced by President Trump on Twitter …
December 25, 2019
Asset Allocation,Investing

‘Value and quality combination delivers outperformance’

The value factor has been disappointing investors for years. However, combining value with quality turns underperformance into stable outperformance, according to French boutique asset manager Seeyond AM. Seeyond has called the ‘new’ factor smart value . …
December 25, 2019

Developing Luxembourg's Fintech framework

A cross-industry working group in Luxembourg is seeking new ways to enable financial technology to thrive in Europe’s tough regulatory environment. Updating the country’s financial services outsourcing rules could help unlock the potential of open …
December 18, 2019
Private Banks

Brexit cost hikes dent Luxembourg bank profits

Luxembourg’s banks are not yet reaping the benefits of Brexit as Brexit-related additional costs are outstripping the rise in revenues. This has led to a year-on-year decline of 5.4% in banks’ profits in the third quarter of 2019, according to CSSF …
December 17, 2019
Private Banks

UBS plans to wind down dedicated unit for the super-rich

Iqbal Khan, the new co-head of global wealth management at UBS, plans to break up the Swiss bank's dedicated unit for the ultra wealthy. According to the Financial Times, this is part of an overhaul designed to increase higher-margin lending to some of …
December 16, 2019
Private Banks

Luxembourg bankers support mutualisation of finance functions

Luxembourg banks want to work together to create common standards on certain compliance-related functions, a survey by the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association ABBL among its member showed. 93% of respondents said they see such cooperation as ‘valuable for the …
December 12, 2019
Private Banks

Luxembourg banks at the crossroads

“In 2018, 21 banks active [in Luxemburg] for more than three years had a cost to income ratio in excess of 100%, and there could be more this year,” CSSF director general Claude Marx said recently. As in the rest of Europe, Luxembourg’s B2C banks in …
December 11, 2019
Asset Allocation,Investing

‘Liquidity crisis threatens bond market’

A sudden liquidity drought is a serious threat to investors in European corporate bonds, so warns Ludovic Colin, manager of the Vontobel Bond Global Aggregate Fund. It means corporate bond markets on the continent are vulnerable to a correction. There’s a …