From January through April 2025, the Morningstar Emerging Markets Corporate Bond (10 percent China Capped) index returned negative 6.9 percent as emerging-markets corporate debt faced significant headwinds in March and April amidst Donald Trump’s tariff …

ING plans to begin offering one or more Eltif funds for its private banking and retail clients in the Netherlands and Belgium by the end of 2025, taking advantage of the revised Eltif 2.0 regime to significantly lower the entry threshold for private …

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is doubling down on Europe. At its global media summit in London, the firm laid out why the region’s policy backdrop, fiscal plans, and market valuations create a ripe moment for active investment strategies. The event, held …

This week’s overview of executive appointments in and around Luxembourg includes updates from TMF Group, FNZ, Deloitte and Linklaters. TMF Group names Ellen Stiene market head North America TMF Group has appointed Ellen Stiene as its new market head for …

Rothschild & Co has opened a wealth management branch in Luxembourg, extending its Rothschild Martin Maurel operations to support European private banking expansion. First communicated in February, the move aligns with the group’s broader strategy to …

The rise of Eltif 2.0 and private market retail access is exposing a critical weakness: legacy reporting systems that cannot meet modern client expectations. Private markets are in high demand, but client reporting systems are struggling to keep up. …

Continuation funds, once a post-crisis workaround for expiring vehicles in weak exit markets, are booming and find themselves at the centre of growing criticism. Critics warn they distort valuations, mask losses, and edge dangerously close to Ponzi-like …

Last Friday, it finally happened: Moody’s—the last credit rating agency still holding on to a shred of faith in Uncle Sam—downgraded the United States from AAA to Aa1. America is now officially among the ranks of “almost-but-not-quite-perfect” countries. …

In an era of industry consolidation and shrinking margins, Allianz Global Investors is choosing defiance over dependence. As rivals explore mergers and exits, the Frankfurt-based asset manager is staking its future on autonomy, private markets and a …

Remember that BBC quiz show with the notoriously blunt Anne Robinson, who ended each round with the line, “You are the weakest link. Goodbye”? In The Weakest Link, the contestant deemed weakest by the others was eliminated—on the logic that a weak player …

Morningstar: Loomis Sayles versus Ninety One in global emerging markets corporate bonds

ING to offer Eltifs to Dutch, Belgian clients by year-end

Europe’s shift revives case for active investing, says J.P. Morgan

Transfers: updates from TMF Group, FNZ, Deloitte and Linklaters

Rothschild & Co picks Luxembourg as wealth management hub

Private markets test wealth managers' tech limits

Critics say continuation funds risk Ponzi dynamics

Triple-A tango

Merger mania? Not here, says AllianzGI CEO

Chart of the week: The weakest link