Returns outshine fee concerns for active bond ETFs
Active bond ETF managers have outperformed their passive counterparts amid the current interest rate climate, driving strong capital inflows and impressive returns. Despite persistent criticism over higher costs, investors appear willing to pay a premium for performance.
CSSF flags 2025 upgrade of valuation practices in Luxembourg
In a move to strengthen valuation practices across the investment fund industry, Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF on Wednesday unveiled a glimpse of plans to revise its valuation guidelines for investment fund managers. The update is due in 2025.
Transfer Thursday: M&G, BDO, HSBC, Governance.com
This week’s overview of transfers, appointments, promotions and other career news in the international fund and asset management community includes updates from M&G, BDO, Governance.com, the Luxembourg School of Business and the Luxembourg Competition Association.
Chinese equities ‘is the trade to do for the next six months’
China’s latest stimulus package, aimed at reviving its economy, could trigger a significant rally in equities over the next six months, according to renowned China watcher Louis-Vincent Gave, managing director and co-founder of Hong Kong-based Gavekal Research. “I believe it’s the trade to do for the next six months.”
Five takeaways on the potential rewards and risks facing global equity investors
Five takeaways on the potential rewards and risks facing global equity investors
Towards an AIFMD 2 ‘Lending Passport’?
The AIFMD 2 introduces new rules for loan-originating alternative investment funds, but uncertainties remain around the potential for a cross-border “lending passport,” writes Loyens & Loeff’s Sebastiaan Hooghiemstra, member of Investment Officer’s expert panel.
Regenerative farming: can you do well and do good?
We believe that investors must become active in the transition to a more sustainable food and agricultural system and that farmland should play a more important role in institutional investment portfolios
China: Tech titan or ticking economic time bomb?
The seventh and final part of the Investment Officer series on geopolitics and investing focuses on China. Few countries elicit such mixed analyses in the West as the People’s Republic.
Lagarde unintentionally reveals a glimpse behind the ECB-scene
Naturally, the interest rate decision and everything surrounding it took centre stage earlier this month when the European Central Bank (ECB) board met in Frankfurt. And of course, questions during the press conference focused on what we can expect in the coming quarters. Like many others, I was tuned in, eager for insights.
Fine for Vistra over valuation errors heralds new regime in Luxembourg
Luxembourg’s financial regulator has issued a relatively small fine for a class of transgression with huge implications for the industry: valuations of funds, in particular for unlisted alternative investments.