Dutch pension funds grapple with high private equity fees
Dutch pension funds are striving to address concerns about the high performance fees they pay to private equity funds by increasing accountability and explaining the dilemmas and choices surrounding these investments.
Esma makes cyber risk top EU supervisory priority for 2025
The European Securities and Markets Authority, or Esma, on Thursday announced that from 2025, cyber risk and digital resilience in Europe’s securities sector will take precedence alongside ESG reporting in terms of overarching priorities for the supervisors in EU member states.
Luxembourg’s FIU grapples with spike in AML reports
Luxembourg, a hub for global finance, has seen a significant uptick in alerts on questionable transactions that could signal money laundering or even finance terrorism.
‘Private credit will eclipse equity in the next decade’
Despite rapid development, private credit is still in its very early growth stages. Despite macroeconomic and cyclical challenges, Jiři Król, the deputy CEO of the Alternative Investment Management Association, sees private credit catching up to the much larger private equity in the next 10 years. He also sees huge potential development from the reformed European long-term investment fund vehicle (Eltif).
‘It is time to establish a global tax on the very rich’
Over the past decade, government initiatives have significantly curbed international tax evasion. However, the real impact of these measures remains a subject of debate. A new report now calls for a global minimum tax for the world’s ultra-rich.
Investment fund costs swing widely, Fitz data shows
Investment fund costs for both retail investors and institutions have become more volatile in 2022, according to data analysed by London-based Fitz Partners.
About one third - or 35 percent - of funds whose fees were changed last year have witnessed an increase in their charges to investors, with institutional equity funds leading the charge, according to data on around 40,000 fund share classes analysed by Fitz.
I do not regret that my crypto investments lost money
It was 2020, and there were countless stories of young investors becoming millionaires overnight by investing in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. I didn’t want to miss out, so I decided to invest a modest amount of 2500 euros.
Curiosity
The possibility of becoming a millionaire was enticing, but I also saw this as a way to educate myself about a ‘new’ concept called blockchain. This technology was the foundation of cryptocurrencies and was set to transform countless industries.
Despite real estate draw, athletes urged to diversify
Real estate dominates the investment portfolios of top athletes, especially footballers, but experts caution on the risks and stress diversification.
New generation of active ETFs takes market by storm
Even Ciaran Fitzpatrick, head of ETF servicing Europe at State Street, is surprised to see phenomenally strong growth in true active ETFs this year. The latest generation of ETF products, also dubbed ‘ETF 3.0’, is rapidly making its way into portfolios of both institutional and retail investors. The US is leading but Europe is not far behind.
Return of CSV could redraw country’s financial course
With the collapse of the Green vote ending the country’s so-called “Gambia” (blue, green, red) coalition, Luxembourg’s financial sector is seen to stand to benefit from the near-certain return of the exiled Christian Socialists to governing. There’s an emerging consensus that a prime minister Luc Frieden would be good news for the financial sector and would also make finding solutions to problems besetting the country more likely.