Rabobank said it took advantage of the sharp fall in prices of deeply subordinated bonds of European banks to buy additional cocos. BlueBay Asset Management is also betting on the risky bank bonds after Credit Suisse coco shareholders saw their money go …

Investment Officer journalists Max Severijns, Mike Gordon and Raymond Frenken spoke to a range of actors in Luxembourg asset services and alternative investments universum during Alfi's 2023 European Asset Management conference. The above playlist …

This Luxembourg edition of IO Talks hears about the latest developments in the realm of legislation around alternative investment solutions, and in particular European Long Term Investment Funds, or ELTIFs, and what they mean for Luxembourg. Raymond …

T his Luxembourg edition of IO Talks talks about European Long Term Investment Funds, a new type of investment fund known as Eltifs that opens the door to private equity and alternatives to a wider group of investors, in particular wealth management …

The 60/40 portfolio has been besieged on all sides since bonds failed to protect against the correction in equities last year. Many see salvation in alternative assets, while others preach flexible allocation. Bonds offered no protection The balanced …

Crestbridge, a fund services provider for private equity and real estate funds, has been granted its depositary licence by Luxembourg’s financial services regulator, the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, CSSF. The firm has already been …

Luxembourg-headquartered Quintet Private Bank on Thursday posted its first net profit in four years as interest margins improved thanks to rising interest rates. Higher trading income and a one-time gain from the sale of its stake in EFA also underpinned …

Switzerland’s financial markets supervisor is defending its decision to force a 16 billion Swiss franc (16 billion euro) write-off in Credit Suisse debt securities that were designed to function as a shock absorber in case of a major financial event. …

Raymond Frenken, managing editor at InvestmentOfficer.lu, speaks with Apex's Kavitha Ramachandran, Regional Head of CRM - Northern Europe, during the 2023 ALFI European Asset Management Conference in Luxembourg. This Luxembourg edition of IO Talks …

Luxembourg’s top supervisor for investment funds on Wednesday reassured the country’s fund management community, describing the sector as “very robust” and speaking about “quite normal” levels of volatility, even though it is not fully immune to the …

Banks pick up ‘cheap’ coco’s as CS debt goes up in smoke

IO Talks interviews at the Alfi conference

IO Talks: Linklaters’ Silke Bernard on Eltif 2.0 prospects

IO Talks: Alfi’s Emmanuel Gutton on Eltif 2.0 in Luxembourg

Morningstar Top Five: Flexible euro allocation funds

Crestbridge gets depositary licence in Luxembourg

Quintet posts first profit since 2018 as rate margins improve

Swiss supervisor defends AT1 write-offs at Credit Suisse

IO Talks: Kavitha Ramachandran at Apex on private markets

CSSF fund supervisor Zwick: ‘Embrace regulatory change’