Asset Manager

The 2025 stock market got off to a turbulent start. The once unwavering confidence in U.S. equities—particularly the Magnificent 7—is beginning to show cracks. At the same time, European and Chinese stock markets have surged out of the gate, a scenario few investors anticipated at the end of 2024, given the prevailing narrative of American exceptionalism.

Vincent Juvyns will join ING Belgium as chief investment strategist on 15 April, after twelve years at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.

Sustainability experts have reached an agreement on an objective approach for calculating avoided CO₂ emissions. On Thursday, a dozen asset managers introduced a harmonized, open methodology that allows for meaningful comparisons of economic activities and investments in this area. Until now, parties were able to use vastly different reference scenarios in such calculations.

Investment Officer Luxembourg is introducing l’Hebdo IO Luxembourg — a dedicated weekly newsletter in French.

Private debt continues to expand in Luxembourg, but regulators, fund managers and legal experts warn that the market is becoming harder to navigate

This week’s overview of career moves in and around the Luxembourg financial centre includes hires at Nordea IM, Palana, and Lombard Odier, a promotion at Sofindev, and a new business development lead at Oceanside Financial Services.

Trump’s tariff push revives an old trade theory — and investors should pay attention to what Samuelson really meant.

Luxembourg may be leading the charge in Eltif launches under the revised framework, but elsewhere in the Benelux they are proving a tougher nut to crack.

New BaFin draft guidelines clarify that investor involvement in asset-level decisions risks disqualifying a fund as an AIF under EU rules—a shift with implications far beyond Germany, writes Sebastiaan Hooghiemstra at Loyens & Loeff.

Joseph Pinto, chief executive of M&G’s asset management division, has downplayed concerns over recent client outflows, saying the group’s long-term strategy and strong investment performance in continental Europe position it well to return to net growth in 2025.