Art is evolving beyond passion, becoming a serious asset class
Uncover the intersection of passion and profit as top-tier banks, including J.P. Morgan, pioneer art financing solutions, offering professional investors an exclusive insight into the evolving landscape of high-value art as a serious asset class.
Les services deviennent plus importants dans le choix d'un gestionnaire de patrimoine
Les particuliers fortunés choisissent de plus en plus une banque privée ou un gestionnaire de patrimoine en raison de la qualité du service, tandis que le coût de ce service devient un argument moins important.
Services taking precedence over fees, Cerulli study shows
Services, not fees, are increasingly driving client decisions in wealth management and private banking, a leading US consultancy has concluded in its latest study of clients in the high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) market segments.
Spuerkeess ditches transfer agents in Euroclear outsourcing
Major domestic Luxembourg bank Spuerkeess will move the majority of its fund portfolio to Euroclear FundsPlace as part of its effort to streamline and cut costs in its fund business, the bank has announced this week.
The bank said it “has decided to move away from transfer agents and centralise the distribution and execution services of its funds.”
Euroclear’s funds platform has started to manage the lion’s share of the Spuerkeess portfolio and “collect trailer fees on external custodians” as well.
CSSF fines Mizuho nearly half a million euro for breaches
Luxembourg’s CSSF financial regulator on 20 February announced that in late 2023, it had imposed a nearly half-million euro administrative fine on Mizuho Trust & Banking (Luxembourg) S.A.
The 17 November 2023 fine of 444,400 euros was imposed for non-compliance with professional obligations under Luxembourg’s financial sector law relating to governance and IT organisation.
Blackstone’s Solotar foresees structural shift to private credit
Interest in investing in private markets, private credit in particular, may have surged, but that growth is just the beginning. “We see a structural shift towards private credit,” says Joan Solotar, global head of Private Wealth Solutions at Blackstone.
Le retour des obligations et des actions sensibles aux taux
Pour Laurence De Munter, stratège en investissement chez Securities De Munter, l’année 2024 est placée sous le signe des baisses de taux d’intérêt, ce qui rend les obligations à long terme intéressantes et permet aux actions sensibles à l’évolution des taux de faire leur retour.
Private banks grapple with sustainability preferences
Private banks are navigating challenges in discerning customers› sustainability preferences, hindered by a lack of common definitions and necessary data. The struggle persists as new legislation under Mifid 2, effective since August 2022, mandates including sustainability factors in suitability tests. Oxford Risk’s survey among wealth managers reveals industry-wide difficulties in implementation.
Delays with Eltif2 standards cause slowdowns in new fund launches
Protracted discussions over the EU’s new regime for European Long Term Investment Funds, known as Eltifs, are delaying the launch of new funds for these private asset investments.
La fiscalité aberrante des ETF
Selon Sébastien Lippens (Privafin), les ETF enregistrés en Belgique sont impactés par une fiscalité pénalisante et illogique, qui privilégie le recours à des produits non enregistrés.