Asset Servicing

Kunstmatige intelligentie staat op het punt een doorbraak te forceren in de wereld van vastrentende waarden. Dankzij nieuwe AI-tools kunnen beleggers de liquiditeit op de obligatiemarkt beter begrijpen én voorspellen. Voor actieve beheerders en institutionele beleggers die snel willen schakelen kan dat van groot belang zijn.

Whether you walk away believing that President Trump will make the world “fairer,” dream of Trumpian tax cuts and deregulation, or recoil at his trade wars and extreme unpredictability, the harsh reality is that all of it inevitably comes with more volatility and less growth.

President Donald Trump believes Jerome Powell is standing in his way. He has repeatedly threatened to fire him, but there is no clear legal path to make that happen. Last week, however, the Supreme Court left the door slightly ajar.

A year after the launch of Lightrock’s first public fund, fund managers Chris Kaashoek and Maarten Vankan say that in 2023, the adventure led them to the British private equity investor. “We were given a unique opportunity to build an asset manager from the ground up.”

Artificial intelligence is fast becoming a game-changer in fixed-income investing, offering powerful new tools to understand and forecast bond market liquidity, an essential metric for active bond managers and institutional investors.

This week’s overview of people transfers and appointments in and around Luxembourg includes updates from Atenor, M&G, Lombard Odier, Mandatum, Ares Management, and AXA Investment Managers.

In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly permeating the financial sector, institutional investors are understandably asking the question: how much does ChatGPT really know about finance? The answer is more nuanced than many might expect.

Luxembourg-based asset manager Shelter Investment Management (Shelter IM) is celebrating its tenth anniversary. At the helm are two Belgians: Chairman of the Board Benedict Peeters and CEO Tim Vanvaerenbergh.

The markets crashed this week, so it’s only a matter of time before juicy headlines start popping up on (social) media eager to pour fuel on the fire. But I have to admit, I didn’t quite see this one from Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf coming: “Pension funds tremble amid stock market turmoil.”

For many asset owners with balanced portfolios, U.S. Treasuries have long provided protection against equity downturns. But a sharp rise in bond market volatility suggests that assumption may no longer hold.