Investissement

Luxembourg-based Cube Infrastructure Managers has agreed to acquire Firstcolo Datacenters GmbH, a Frankfurt-based data centre business providing colocation, dedicated servers, managed services and private cloud solutions, for an undisclosed amount.

The private loan market is being revalued. Risks are becoming more expensive and coupons are shooting up. Positive for pension funds and insurers that stay put until maturity, but investors in this category also sometimes have distressed moments. 

Pour les marchés émergents, le troisième trimestre a presque été l’inverse du deuxième. Le MSCI EM est resté dans l’ombre du MSCI World, notamment du fait des lourdes pertes enregistrées par les actions chinoises. En Amérique latine, en revanche, plusieurs marchés ont compensé les pertes du deuxième trimestre, entre juin et septembre. La guerre en Ukraine pèse toujours sur les marchés d’Europe de l’Est.

Equity markets are still overvalued despite the deep declines we have seen this year. That is the view of Andrew Balls, CIO of Pimco, world’s largest active bond investor. According to him, both a mild recession, and falling earnings expectations are not yet sufficiently priced in.

The ISM Manufacturing Index is not only an important indicator of future growth, but is also highly correlated with market returns. What many investors overlook: it’s not just correlated with equity returns, but also bonds.

By using indicators that say something about the direction of the ISM Manufacturing Index to define different ISM scenarios, you can derive implied returns for each asset class.

Global investment solutions provider Russell Investments on Thursday announced the launch of a Luxembourg-domiciled global unlisted infrastructure fund. The open-ended private markets fund aims to invest in opportunities that address the need for new infrastructure solutions to meet evolving social and economic demands. 

L’Association luxembourgeoise du capital-investissement LPEA a organisé jeudi sa conférence Insights sur la collecte de fonds et les relations avec les investisseurs. Il est apparu clairement que, pour rester compétitif, le Luxembourg doit abaisser son seuil d’entrée minimum pour les investisseurs en private equity sans attendre l’émergence de nouvelles règles AIFMD de l’Union européenne.

Many investors are on the fence about re-entering the badly battered bond market when the bottom may be near. The smart ones will want to enter the market well before interest rates hit their peak, says Michael Gitlin, partner and head of fixed income at Capital Group.

Marguerite II, a pan-European infrastructure fund in Luxembourg, said it has acquired full ownership of Red de Calor de Cuenca (RCC), a project company which will build and run a a greenfield heating network in Cuenca, a Spanish city in the Castilla La Mancha region.

Le troisième trimestre 2022 avait commencé sur une note optimiste : l’espoir de voir la hausse des prix ralentir avait donné des ailes aux actions internationales. Au cours de l’été, toutefois, les inquiétudes relatives à l’inflation, historiquement élevée, le durcissement de la politique monétaire à l’échelle mondiale, les craintes de récession et l’évolution imprévisible du conflit militaire en Ukraine ont pris le dessus.