A new set of rules - part of an update to the EU’s Mifid 2 directive - took effect in Luxembourg on Tuesday that will set out how banks and asset managers are required to handle their investment products in terms of Environmental, Social and Governance. …

The spread of web-based platforms has reached into the rarefied atmosphere of private equity, which has historically been paper-based and face-to-face in-person meeting with one’s investment adviser. This is taking place against an industry-wide drive to …

Financial regulators across the European Union next year will embark on a comprehensive review of costs that investment firms charge for their funds. Claude Marx, director general of Luxembourg financial supervisor CSSF, on Wednesday elaborated on some of …

When it comes to enhancing the economic value chain in terms of sustainability and financing the energy transition, the private assets sector is well positioned as an actor that can help deliver the changes that are needed to keep growth sustainable, a …

M&G said it will introduce an additional set of ESG exclusions to its M&G (Lux) Optimal Income fund managed by Richard Woolnough. The fund will expand its sector-based Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) exclusions to companies involved in arctic …

Real Estate Investment Funds, or Reifs, in Luxembourg saw total assets climb by 26 percent in the year running up to the end of the third quarter, to 131 billion euro. The number of Reifs increased by 20 percent to 621 funds. The latest edition of the …

The exact impact on private asset values of this ye ar’s declines on global stock and bond markets has yet to be determined, but already some family offices are concerned about the shifts in their portfolios. “There are capital calls that have not been …

The European Union’s Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled that private information on the ultimate ownership of companies and investment funds registered in the Luxembourg Business Register does not always need to be made available to the general public. The …

Fresh registrations for alternative investment funds in Luxembourg, considered the top European hub for private investments, this month are at their lowest monthly level in nearly six years. Regulatory changes as well as market conditions are cited as a …

TINA - There Is No Alternative - is gone. That’s not a bad thing. And don't write off the 60/40 portfolio just yet. And the asset management industry has had a clear impact on society and sustainability. On 17 and 18 November, Efama, the European fund and …

New ESG product rules under Mifid2 take effect

Digital platforms embrace private assets enthusiasm

CSSF’s Marx: Efficiency focus is also in the interests of investors

Sustainability: ‘Private asset managers are privileged’

M&G adds arctic drilling, adult, tobacco to ESG exclusions

Luxembourg real estate fund assets up 26% vs year ago

‘There are capital calls that have not been met’

EU court: publishing UBO data infringes fundamental rights

Lacklustre mood hits private markets at year-end

Efama forum: 'TINA is gone, and that’s not a bad thing'