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. 

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.