Asset Servicing

The question of how best to incorporate bitcoin into an investment portfolio is becoming increasingly relevant. As the digital currency gains mainstream acceptance, investors grapple with the practical considerations: should you buy crypto directly, or opt for traditional financial instruments?

Luxembourg is gradually carving out a role in global private markets, not with fanfare, but through quiet, deliberate action. Emerging investor relations roles, a growing presence of single family offices, and a measured push to localise fundraising are reshaping its identity beyond its traditional middle-office roots.

Quintet Private Bank is increasing its exposure to Japanese equities as part of its global strategy for the second half of 2025.

Diversification remains the cornerstone of asset allocation, investment strategists agreed at Investment Officer’s Portfolio Day, as volatility upends assumptions about safe assets.

Brussels’ flagship sustainability law, the CSRD, is caught in a EU political crossfire—Luxembourg included—triggering confusion, Omnibus exemptions and regulatory backpedalling. Norton Rose Fulbright’s Claire Guilbert and Cyril Clugnac explain.

Just two weeks ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague, former Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme has sharply criticized the alliance’s proposed five-percent-of-GDP defense target, calling it a “collective irrationality” that risks overwhelming European decision-making.

ESMA’s guidelines for fund names are now in force. Is your fund truly compliant? Or is it risking regulatory attention?

European policymakers, economists, and politicians are in desperate need of a reality check—an awakening that brings them back down to earth and forces them to finally make effective, objective, and intelligent decisions. Something that has been missing for years.

Morningstar this week looks at euro corporate bond funds and compares Janus Henderson with Invesco. After tariff tensions rattled markets, fund managers remain cautiously positioned in defensive sectors despite temporary relief.

Scott Bessent, the U.S. Treasury Secretary and key architect of President Trump’s economic agenda, is being discussed as a potential successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Bloomberg cited anonymous sources saying his name has been floated for the role.