Central banks and governments around the world are once again engaged in a 'currency devaluation' contest. The US dollar has been on a sharp downward trend in recent weeks. This has had a significant impact on financial and real assets. The chart below, …

Financial and insurance businesses in Luxembourg have been denied access to the Covid-19 partial unemployment aid. They are probably also ineligible for the new package to support the economic recovery. When Luxembourg implemented partial unemployment on …

The investment industry's high expectations of robo advice and the use of blockchain technology have not yet been met. For now, robo advisers have failed to make a decisive breakthrough, according to research by the CFA Institute among more than 250 of …

I n mid-July, Bloomberg published a revealing, or if you wish, shocking message: a list of the fifteen ultimate corona crisis stock market winners. The top-10 consists of ten men, almost all of them 50+ and almost all of them are American. The world’s …

The coronavirus crisis has hit the hotel market hard. So one may expect this to negatively affect the demand for hotel real estate as an investment. Nevertheless, Schroder Real Estate Hotels has raised more than €400 million for its first pan-European …

The European Commission will relax a number of financial market rules to enable stock exchanges to play a greater role in the recovery from the coronavirus crisis. The removal of the ban on the distribution of research on small stock exchange funds for …

The market value of big technology companies such as Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet (Google) have risen much faster than the market average over the past decade. Christophe Braun, Investment Specialist at Capital Group, believes these …

The shift from public to private investments among insurers is continuing and the coronavirus crisis has not changed that so far. The crisis has, however, emphasised the added value of managing risk budgets rather than maintaining strict limits on …

Could the coronavirus crisis prove to be a blessing in disguise for the financial industry in Luxembourg? It seems to have accelerated the adoption of new technologies in a sector that is traditionally somewhat resistant to innovation, and offers fresh …

Recent moves by the UK and Luxembourg authorities regarding investment funds should allow business to continue mostly as normal despite Brexit, says Patrick Mischo , newly appointed Senior Partner of the law firm Allen & Overy in Luxembourg. As the end of …

It's the dollar, stupid!

Finance industry excluded from Covid-19 benefits

Research: robo advisers yet to make breakthrough

Big tech wins big in crisis

Schroders: continued demand for hotel real estate despite crisis

EU relaxes financial market rules to support recovery

The Big Tech story: can the biggest get even bigger?

Crisis drives insurer shift to flexible investment strategy

Coronavirus: blessing in disguise for Lux financial industry?

Allen & Overy head optimistic on post-Brexit market access