Gestionnaires de patrimoine

Roderick van Zuylen is prepared for the challenge. On the 1st of January, the ex-Van Lanschot Kempen portfolio manager inaugurated his own investment fund in the US: Night Watch Investment Management. «I desired a name that alluded to my Dutch heritage, yet Dike Capital and Tulip Invest were disregarded for obvious reasons.»

While many asset managers continue to explore private investments amidst growing market uncertainties, Optimix Asset Management has consistently avoided them. “Investors don’t need private markets,”  said Jelte de Boer, managing director of Amsterdam-based Optimix, a Dutch subsidiary of Swedish bank Handelsbanken.

La Commission européenne a autorisé cette semaine le rachat de Degroof Petercam par CA Indosuez, filiale du groupe Crédit Agricole, basé à Paris.

The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of Belgium’s largest private bank Degroof Petercam by CA Indosuez, a subsidiary of the Paris-based Crédit Agricole group.

The Commission said on Monday that it concluded that the proposed concentration does not raise competition concerns given the limited market positions of the companies involved.

Luxembourg-headquartered asset manager Candriam on Wednesday announced the launch of a new alternative investments platform as a response to growing demand for diverse alternative investment solutions in today’s market environment.

German investors have been internationalising their property portfolios for years. At the same time, foreign investors are increasingly drawn to the German real estate market. Though the momentum has fluctuated, the overall trend persists. As one of the leading fund domiciles in the world, Luxembourg has firmly established itself as a key player in this internationalisation.

Whisky asset manager Scotch Whisky Investments until recently focused mainly on private investors. That market continues as usual, but bringing in former ABN Amro director Eran Habets as CEO means more focus on selling to independent asset managers and family offices. And abroad, first and foremost Belgium.

Avec l’arrivée officielle des ELTIF 2.0 au début 2024, le marché des placements privés semi-liquides est déjà en train de connaître une explosion, tant en terme de nombre de produits que d’encours gérés.

Jusqu’à récemment, Scotch Whisky Investments s’adressait principalement aux particuliers. Bien que ce marché continue de croître, l’arrivée d’Eran Habets, ancien d’ABN Amro, met davantage l’accent sur la vente aux gestionnaires de patrimoine indépendants et aux family offices. De plus, l’entreprise se tourne vers l’étranger, en commençant par la Belgique.

La richesse mondiale liée à l’art et aux objets de collection devrait augmenter de près d’un tiers pour atteindre 2 861 milliards de dollars d’ici 2026, contre 2 174 milliards en 2022, selon le Deloitte Luxembourg Art & Finance Report 2023.