Benefiting from a favourable business climate, robust infrastructure, and a strategic position as a gateway to Europe, the Netherlands presents enticing options for fund managers seeking practical and tax-friendly solutions in the alternative investment …

In a significant market trend, European fund investors are increasingly redirecting their investments towards larger, passively managed mutual funds and ETFs, at the expense of actively managed smaller ones. This strategic shift has ignited a sustained …

Luxembourg is hoping its long, friendly relationship with China can help keep the superpower on a path towards more investment-friendliness instead of sable-rattling with the US. Levels of investment in China by Luxembourg-domiciled investment funds …

It is not easy for Luxembourg, home to 5,139 billion euro in international fund assets at the end of April, to maintain its international leadership as cross-border funds centre. Competition between Luxembourg and Ireland, Europe's other international …

Client experience is becoming a more important competitive battleground in asset management, particularly for wealth managers who face pressure to meet the needs of younger, digital native investors. Nearly 40% of asset managers in the survey said that …

May saw a 6.1 percent increase in consumer prices in the EU compared to the previous year, the lowest level since February 2022 and slightly lower than economists’ predicted 6.3 percent. In the United States, inflation has now dropped below 5 percent, the …

Luxembourg’s securitisation community is up in arms over watching competitor Ireland retain its role of EU leader in financial vehicle corporations and in series, despite optimism just last year over this country’s still-shiny securitisation law updated …

In a damning report unveiled this week, non-profit organisation ShareAction exposed that a mere 10 out of 77 asset managers worldwide have taken steps to limit investments in the most damaging fossil fuels across all their investment funds. The report, …

The negative correlation between bonds and stocks is no longer a certainty due to structurally higher inflation expected in the coming decade. It has therefore become an "absolute necessity" to complement the traditional 60/40 portfolio with alternatives, …

More exposure to low-volatility European equities, high quality bonds in the U.S. and a bit in liquid hedge funds, and less to high quality European corporate debt, lower quality corporate bonds and gold. These are the portfolio shifts …

The Netherlands presents enticing options for AIFs

Efama: Shift towards large funds drives down costs

Luxembourg develops China relationship amid US standoff

In Flux: Competition on multiple axes

‘Client experience important competitive battleground’

Falling inflation is ‘only silver lining’ for market outlooks

‘Securitisation law requires update to match Ireland’

ShareAction: Fund managers miss mark on fossil fuels

JP Morgan AM: alternatives are ‘absolute necessity’

As growth slows, Quintet prefers defensive investments