Pets are not just fun to have around, they are also an excellent investment. ‘The pet economy is growing faster than the economy as a whole every year, because it benefits from a number of megatrends that are converging,' according to Andreas Fruschki, …

Looking for companies that can contribute to the decarbonisation of the European economy. That’s the mission of Echiquier Climate Impact Europe, a new impact fund of la Financière de L'Echiquier (LFDE). Remarkably, the fund mostly invests in established …

Positive returns on investment-grade bonds have been hard to come by in the West. The Nordic market is one of the few exceptions, says Michael Weidner, head of European fixed income for global asset manager Lazard Asset Management. He especially likes …

With less than a week until the SFDR reporting deadline, client advisers and asset managers in Luxembourg and internationally are gently testing the water. From how to classify different funds and what to report to investors, the financial industry is …

Disruption is wiping out entire sectors and companies. While winners are hard to predict, using megatrends such as digitalisation and ageing to identify the losers in advance is the best approach, says Henk Grootveld, head of trend investing at Lombard …

Assets invested in funds domiciled in Luxemburg have exceeded the €5 trillion mark for the first time. At the end of January, asset reached a record €5050 billion according to figures published by the CSSF. A net increase of assets invested in …

Emerging market debt is perfectly placed to benefit from the economic recovery that will follow the current lockdowns. Especially local high-yield bonds are in a sweet spot, says Capital Group’s Luis Freitas De Oliveira. 'It is hard not to agree with the …

Bonds are among the best performing asset classes of the past 40 years. But it’s not unlikely the next 40 years will show a radically different picture. 2021 and 2022 could even yield negative returns as above-average economic growth and rising inflation …

EU-UK relations regarding financial sector regulation are liable to be fraught and driven by political considerations over the medium term. A Luxembourg For Finance (LFF) seminar on 23 February explained why equivalence measures, and the planned MoU on …

More than a year after NN IP saw half of its emerging market debt (EMD) team leave due to a conflict around the firm’s ESG strategy, the team is back at full strength. ESG integration has been the main priority of NN IP’s new head of EMD Marcin Adamczyk. …

Pet fund benefits from ‘intersection of megatrends’

New fund to focus on European decarbonisation champions

Lazard AM: Nordic bonds still offer positive return potential

Luxembourg banks play it safe amid SFDR uncertainty

‘These two megatrends are crucial for investors’

Lux fund assets hit €5 trillion

‘EMD to profit from economic recovery’

Bond return prospects bleaker than ever

EU-UK equivalence ‘only a temporary fix’ for fund industry

‘ESG exclusion policy difficult to implement at fund level’