Investment Officer Luxembourg

This week’s overview of transfers and appointments in the fund and asset management community in and outside Luxembourg includes updates from Carmignac, CMS Luxembourg, and Mainstreet Partners.

Martin Groos unpacks the journey of the European Long-Term Investment Fund (Eltif) since its promising launch in 2015, and explores whether recent reforms under “Eltif 2.0” will finally deliver success.

Financial markets are reacting with both trepidation and anticipation to Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 US presidential election. The so-called ‘Red Sweep,’ which also sees Republicans take control of Congress, has investors bracing for substantial shifts in the US economic and political agenda.

Luxembourg should take a page from Ireland’s playbook and deepen its relationship with the United States. The European Union is gradually eroding the regulatory flexibility and pragmatism that once enabled Luxembourg to attract international investors and dominate the fund industry.

Impact investments still face challenges in differentiating themselves on the very metrics they champion, unlike conventional investments focused purely on financial returns, according to Stephen Liberatore, lead ESG-fixed income portfolio manager at Nuveen.

UBS Asset Management has expanded its digital asset capabilities with the launch of the “UBS USD Money Market Investment Fund Token” (uMINT), a tokenised money market product built on Ethereum’s distributed ledger.

Growing signals suggest the Republicans could clinch a victory in today’s elections, a scenario generally regarded as optimal for investors. A Republican Sweep would mean lower taxes, deregulation, and increased government spending. However, the gap between the Republicans and Democrats remains too narrow to confidently predict a winner, raising the likelihood of a contentious, potentially escalating dispute over the results.