This Luxembourg edition of IO Talks hears about the latest developments in the realm of blockchain technology in the asset management and investment industry. Mike Gordon, journalist at InvestmentOfficer.lu, speaks to Luke Brereton, head of client …

European private equity investors have become more cautious during recent weeks following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse. Appetite for alternative investments however remains strong while some investors embrace the ‘dislocation’ in …

Panic over banks and falling treasury yields have gold prices flirting with an all-time high again. In the short term, a quicker turn by the Federal Reserve may be the deciding factor, but the precious metal's real success lies deeper. “Gold deserves a …

This edition of IO Talks Luxembourg hears from the managing director at M&G in Luxembourg, Micaela Forelli, on the firm's positioning in the European funds market, on private markets and Eltifs, on cost savings and how the firm's redundancy programme at …

The data science revolution is sweeping the investment industry. Some firms are looking to create an in-house solution combining artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science. Picking the right data set, and separating the wheat from the …

BTG Pactual, the largest investment bank in South America, said it acquired Luxembourg-based private bank FIS Privatbank in a move that should enable its Latin American clients to diversify their investment portfolios in developed countries while …

The focus on sustainable investing has faded somewhat, with the drumbeat of crisis after crisis recently, and now problems with banks in Switzerland and the United States grabbing the headlines. But listen to anyone focussed on the climate for long and …

Green bonds are becoming mature and are a good diversification in a portfolio because they provide above-average transparency, according to Julien Bras (photo), bond manager at Allianz Global Investors. Bras argued that green bonds are an interesting way …

As Investment Officer knowledge partner, Universal-Investment’s Luxembourg country head Sofia Harrschar argues that reforming the EU regulation on social security would be in the interest of Luxembourg’s financial services sector and the many thousands …

Total interest income at Luxembourg’s 120 credit institutions last year surged 39 percent as most banks were able to boost their margins from borrowing and lending activities on the back of higher central bank interest rates, according to data posted by …

IO Talks: State Street’s Luke Brereton on blockchain

The collapse of SVB has dislocated the private equity market

‘Gold deserves a structural role in the portfolio’

IO Talks: M&G’s Micaela Forelli on private markets, cost cuts

In the infinite world of AI, anxiety threatens investors

Brazilian private bank BTG pays €21.3 mln for FIS Privatbank

ESG investors keep focus on horizon, despite ‘perma-crisis’

Allianz’s Bras: Green bonds are a good diversifier

Luxembourg needs a reform of EU social security rules

CSSF: 23 of 120 Luxembourg banks not profitable in 2022