Happy birthday to the Sicar, Luxembourg's first private markets fund vehicle that was created exactly two decades ago this summer. Sicar is the French acronym for Société d'Investissement en Capital à Risque , or investment company in risk capital. …

This week’s overview of transfers, appointments, promotions and other career news includes updates from Luxembourg supervisor CSSF, Apex Group and Capital Group. Maureen Wiwinius Maureen Wiwinius (photo) has been reappointed as a member and chairperson of …

European institutional investors wishing to capitalize on anticipated rate cuts by the Federal Reserve are turning to curve steepeners. Strategists at BNP Paribas and Amundi said this strategy is rapidly becoming a no-brainer trade. Expectations for a …

Not only central banks seek a larger position in physical gold. Clients of asset managers are increasingly requesting gold as an investment. Geopolitical tensions, inflation uncertainties, and high equity market valuations are driving this trend towards …

The European Union confronts a significant challenge in its bid to match the United States economically. Economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) assert that Europeans invest insufficiently in venture capital, rendering the sector …

Les valorisations élevées et les risques géopolitiques semblent pointer vers une surchauffe potentielle et des incertitudes à venir. L’Europe est vulnérable, car fortement dépendante de tiers pour ses biens de première nécessité et ses matières premières. …

We are at a crossroads when it comes to incoming macro data. While it was long hoped for some disappointing figures to give the Federal Reserve the final push to move away from the "higher-for-longer" faith, good news is now "just" good news again. In …

Many EMD investors believe that the overvaluation of the US dollar is at relatively extreme levels, while growth in emerging markets is higher than in more developed markets. Moreover, most emerging markets also managed to reduce inflation faster, and …

Recommendations for a new product labelling regime under the EU's sustainable finance rules are aimed at enhancing clarity and effectiveness of sustainability disclosures for financial products. Sebastiaan Hooghiemstra at Loyens & Loeff reviews the …

This week’s overview of transfers, appointments, promotions and other career news includes updates from the Amundi Institute, the Green for Growth Fund (GGF), Partners Group, Citibank, and KPMG Luxembourg. Guy Stear Guy Stear (photo) has been appointed …

‘The people who created the Sicar were like startup entrepreneurs’

Transfer Thursday: CSSF, Apex, Capital Group

Investors turn to steepeners to capitalize on Fed cuts

Central bank gold fever grips investors as well

Lack of boldness in venture capital is Europe’s ‘costly weakness’

« Danser sur le volcan, tant que c’est encore possible »

Good news is ‘just’ good news again

Fund Radar: Currency effects drive returns in emerging market debt

ESAs support a SFDR 2.0 ‘product labelling regime’

Transfer Thursday: Amundi, GGF, Partners, Citi, KPMG