Quintet: Better gold than bonds
Earning no yield on gold is better than a negative yield on bonds. Therefore investors should shift the allocation of their portfolios from negative yielding bonds to gold, according to Quintet.
Quintet (formerly KBL European Private Bankers) is positive about alternatives and tends to have an overweight in gold both for the long and short term.
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Best performing funds: active and domiciled in Luxembourg
The best performing investment funds in 2019 are active funds. More importantly: they are mainly funds registered in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Those are the findings of a half-yearly study by consultant AF Advisors of investment funds available for private investors in the Netherlands.
‘Total Brexit relocations will top 70’
Some 60 financial firms have announced relocations of activities to Luxembourg since the referendum in 2016. The final number will probably top 75 firms, as some have not yet made their plans public, Luxembourg for Finance CEO Nicolas Mackel said in an interview with Investment Officer.
Private Bank KBL epb Changes its Name: Quintet
KBL epb changes its name into Quintet Pan-European private banking group. The Luxembourg-based bank does this in order to better reflect its partnership approach in wealth management.
KBL European Private Bankers, established in 1949 in Luxembourg and currently with subsidiaries in more than 50 European cities, is from now on called ‘Quintet’, as mentioned in a press release issued by the bank.
China’s eco investments benefit western stocks
Between 2016 and 2020, China spent more than 5.5bn renminbi (715bn euros) on environmental investments. But these massive sums of money are yet to translate into interesting investment opportunities in the country. Fund manager Yi Du of Pictet Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) explains why this is the case.
Luxembourg fund assets edge close to €5,000bn mark
Figures published by the supervisory Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier show that Luxembourg-registered investment funds were managing approximately 4,670 bn euro in November 2019.
Ever since 1998, Luxembourg has been gaining influence and volume as a hub for investment funds, showing next to no downturn in the process. In 1998, the total amount of capital managed by Luxembourg investment funds was approximately 500 bn euro.
Is Luxembourg losing the war for talent?
Luxembourg’s recruiters have spoken about a war for talent for decades. Higher pay is the main attraction of the Grand Duchy for foreign workers, but housing costs and traffic congestion are growing out of hand. Is the country starting to lose the fight?
BMO Global Asset Management: Looking ahead to 2020
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AXA IM: How Can Asia’s Megacities Thrive in a Changing Climate?
By 2025, Asia will be home to 33 of the world’s 49 megacities, according to GlobalData. The rise in the number of megacities is the most visible evidence of the accelerating global trend toward urbanization.