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August 31, 2023
Laws and Regulations

A license for retail investors could reduce regulation

An inconvenient truth about the financial industry is that it cannot be trusted; there have been too many scandals to remember. Common solutions, such as rules and regulations, no longer seem to be improving trust, necessitating the exploration of new …
August 31, 2023
Asset Allocation

Everything falls into place for boisterous India

Superlatives are raining down on India, which seems to have passed China as the promised country for emerging market investors. “It looks like the stars are really all aligned this time.” The Indian stock market, larger than France and the UK combined and …
August 30, 2023
Opinion,Wealth Managers,Investing

Directors’ Office enhances professionalism

In recent years, the regulatory framework for the duties and responsibilities of the board of directors or management board and for the control functions within Luxembourg investment fund managers has evolved significantly. Among others, CSSF Circular …
August 29, 2023
Asset Managers,Wealth Managers

Ethenea founder says Europe mishandling green transition

Luca Pesarini, founder and senior portfolio manager of Ethenea Independent Investors, does not mince his words, and so the management of the Ethna-AKTIV fund he helped found in 2002 is no nonsense. For instance, in a recent interview, he shows that he …
August 29, 2023
Asset Managers,Private Banks,Wealth Managers

Lombard Odier sees AUM rise 4% in H1

Switzerland-based investment house Lombard Odier has reported a 4% increase in assets under management since the end of December 2022, reaching 198 billion Swiss francs of assets at the end of June 2023. The result is due in part to “solid contributions” …
August 29, 2023
Asset Managers

Asset owners write new mandates for equities

Asset owners are going back to basics en masse. Institutional investors are writing large new mandates for global and developed-market equities, wrote bfinance in a quarterly report published this month. The agency, which advises more than 500 pension …
August 28, 2023
Opinion

Chart of the week: Is the ECB finally ready?

At the time of writing, markets are still pricing in just under a 60 per cent chance that the ECB will raise interest rates one more time sometime in the coming months. And although Lagarde has only recently turned to wage growth as an argument for …
August 28, 2023
Asset Managers

“Staying invested is the message”

“Shares are no longer dirt cheap, but there are still opportunities. We focus mainly on long-term trends and avoid the riskiest sectors, such as American regional banks and Office REITs,” says Laurence De Munter, investment strategist at Securities De …
August 28, 2023
Asset Managers

Blessed Dutch fund beats "virtually all indices"

Ansgar John Brenninkmeijer, the fifth-generation descendant of the Dutch C&A family, read a popular investment book, founded a fund without any prior experience, had it blessed by a daytrading priest, and has been outperforming “virtually all indices” …
August 24, 2023
Asset Allocation,Private Banks,Investing,Wealth Managers,Family Offices

Time to be cautious when pearl diving among junk

High yield bonds are positioning themselves cautiously in the spotlight as recession fears recede and credit quality improves. While junk bonds perform best during periods of robust economic growth, a region that's closely flirting with a recession is …