The long road to a unified EU payments market
The creation of a single European electronic payments market is possible, but may be five to ten years away. This was a broad conclusion of the Focus On Payments discussion organised by Luxembourg for Finance on 10 September. What barriers need to be overcome?
US elections coming up - Why you should stay invested
It’s less than six weeks to the US presidential elections. Capital Group has made a few rules of thumb for investors to give some guidance.
Transfers: Arendt Services, KPMG, EY partners, ABBL
Arendt Services
Benjamin Collette has been appointed new CEO of the business, accountancy and tax services department of Luxembourg-based law firm Arendt & Medernach. He specialises in strategy, regulatory and corporate finance.
‘Real equity returns of 7-10% still possible post-Covid’
Solid growth companies will continue to live up to high expectations by showing strong profit growth. This offers the prospect of an attractive total return after inflation of 7-10% per annum on average over the long term, according to manager George Dent of the BNY Mellon Long-Term Global Equity Fund.
Schroders: What does average inflation targeting mean for investors?
The Federal Reserve has unveiled a new policy framework in the hope of boosting inflation. We assess the implications for bond markets.
UBS AM: 'Sustainable ETFs have more than doubled over the past year alone'
Investors have been increasingly adopting ESG investing. In fact, assets invested in sustainable ETFs (UCITS) have more than doubled over the past year alone, reaching USD 52 bn by July 2020.
Ethenea: ‘Know that you will always make mistakes’
In 2002 Luca Pesarini (photo) and Arnoldo Valsangiacomo launched their first Ethna-AKTIV fund, at a time when multi-asset funds were not yet commonplace. In 2010 they founded ETHENEA Independent Investors, headquartered in Luxembourg. Upon its 10-year anniversary, Investment Officer had an exclusive interview with them.
CSSF head warns against over-regulation
With a warning against excessive regulation, and a call to action on green investing, CSSF director-general Claude Marx, made a typically colourful intervention at Monday’s virtual ALFI conference. He also gave some details of planned local regulation of teleworking arrangements.
‘High-yield market correction is looming’
The high-yield market has recovered nicely from the corona-induced market crash, but further price appreciation is becoming increasingly unlikely, says manager Ulrich Gerhard of the BNY Mellon Global Short-Dated High Yield Bond Fund in an interview with Investment Officer.
Luxembourgers continue to shun investment funds
Despite the Grand Duchy’s status as Europe’s largest investment fund centre, Luxembourgers hold almost four times more money in bank deposits than in funds.