Events

Despite a US backlash, Luxembourg champions still sustainable investing through institutional support, regulatory debate, and industrial innovation.

Institutional investors remain wary of semi-liquid private funds, a sentiment that was on full display at this year’s Luxembourg Meeting for Private Markets Investments, a German-language private markets conference known as Lumpi.

While digitalisation offers efficiency and scalability, it cannot replace the trust and personalisation that high-net-worth clients expect from their private banks and wealth managers. Investment Officer’s Raymond Frenken reports from The Banking Scene event in Luxembourg.

Several chief investment officers from Dutch private banks have raised concerns about the “great danger” of consensus forecasts on US equities for 2025.

Asset managers are scrambling to rebrand their sustainable investment funds as stepped-up regulatory crackdowns on greenwashing risk deepening fragmentation in the industry, experts warned at the Morningstar Sustainable Investing Summit in Amsterdam.

At an Amsterdam panel discussion on Friday hosted by Morningstar, industry experts delved into the complexities of integrating human rights considerations into investment decisions and engagement strategies.

LuxFlag’s Sustainability Investment Week (LSIW24) kicked off on Tuesday, with several speakers sharing their relative optimism around commitments to ESG and impact investing.

The annual Luxembourg Private Equity Association (LPEA) Insights Conference drew over 1,000 professionals to the Grand Duchy this year, underscoring the nation’s status as the largest global private markets hub outside the United States.

Investment Officer is organising an event on 30 November at the H’ART Museum in Amsterdam to look ahead to 2024. The event will cover topics such as economic growth, inflation, and the role of artificial intelligence in the financial sector.

An air of cautious optimism permeated through the halls of the Morningstar’s sustainable investing conference in Amsterdam on Wednesday, painting a subtle yet intricate picture of the obstacle-filled landscape of ESG investing.