Investment Officer Luxembourg

While the smokescreens on the greenwashing battlefield have yet to lift, a new headache file has presented itself in financial markets: the impact of artificial intelligence on market participants and regulators. On that front, transparency is “zero”, European Markets Authority Esma has concluded in a new study on artificial intelligence in EU securities markets.

European Ucits and AIF investment funds experienced net outflows of 278 billion euro last year, the biggest level since the financial crisis of 2008, according to industry statistics compiled by the European Fund and Asset Management Association, Efama.

Denis Panel has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of Sycomore Asset Management, a unit of Generali Investments, the firm announced on Tuesday.

Pamela Goldminz has been named as head of the Dallas officer at financial services provider Apex Group, the firm announced on Tuesday. The appointment follows organic growth and acquisitions in the Texas market, it said.

Apex Group, active in Luxembourg as a leading AIFM and asset services firm, has become one of the largest independent fund services providers by headcount in Texas, it said.

He is the New York Stock Exchange’s most photographed trader, also known as the “Einstein of Wall Street” on Instagram. Speaking to Investment Officer, veteran floor trader Peter Tuchman talks about the game changer in his profession: the new generation of investors.

French financial supervisor AMF is calling for a major reform of the EU’s SFDR rules for sustainable finance disclosures and proposed to remove fossil fuel activities from investment funds that are classified as “dark green” Article 9.

There you are with all those fancy indicators like yield curves, ISM Manufacturing, and housing markets. They all point in the same direction, down! But the incoming US macro numbers are in no way pointing to a recession, nor to a soft landing. Spend it!