Raymond Frenken

It was the day Wall Street lost patience with President Donald Trump. Monday’s selloff was swift, messy, and impossible to recover, as investors recoiled from a tech slump, tariff-inspired fears, and fresh jitters over the economy.

When Friedrich Merz echoed Mario Draghi’s ‘whatever it takes’, he signalled a historic shift: economist Michael Hüther explains Germany’s big bold bet on infrastructure and defence.

World financial markets remained in a radical readjustment phase on Thursday as the implications of Germany’s fiscal shift continued to reverberate across global debt markets.

Women are reshaping wealth management, yet remain underrepresented in investment decisions. As female investors gain financial power, wealth managers must adapt—or risk missing out on a trillion-dollar market.

There aren’t many must-reads in the investment world, but UBS’ Global Investment Returns Yearbook is one of them. Compiled by academics at London Business School and Cambridge University, the annual report digs into long-term market trends, often challenging conventional thinking.

Luxembourg’s private banks need embrace digital innovation to stay competitive, tackle regulation, and attract talent. ABBL Chairman Yves Stein speaks on the future of private banking in the Grand Duchy.

State Street and SS&C Technologies are restructuring their transfer agency operations in Luxembourg and Ireland by dismantling their International Financial Data Services LP (IFDS) joint venture after nearly 20 years, as the industry moves toward automation and blockchain-driven solutions.

Long the dominant force in Europe’s cross-border fund industry, Luxembourg is now pivoting towards alternative investments as the asset management landscape shifts.

Separate moves by Swiss-based EFG and Edmond de Rothschild highlight the intensifying competition among firms seeking scale and specialisation in a rapidly evolving sector.

Around 60 million Germans are eligible to vote in Sunday’s national parliamentary elections. For decades, German elections have been predictable and uneventful, but this time, much more is at stake—far beyond just the composition of the Bundestag.