Our Luxembourg panel report hears that real estate investment could be a casualty of market changes in the past year, stemming from central bank rate increases and other factors.
To help firms manage the greenwashing risk, fund service providers will play a more important role in validating ESG funds. Our Luxembourg panel discusses this ‘watchdog’ role, as well as the need for quicker opening of bank accounts.
Alfi's distribution conference is back, uniting global experts in Luxembourg, and Funds Europe has garnered insights on key topics from industry experts, including digital evolution in investments and the tendencies of Millennials and Gen Z.
Panellists at Alfi’s Asset Management Conference discussed sustainable investing gaps, technology disruption trends and regulation challenges, as Laraib Shahid reports.
U.S. Bank’s David Kubilus tells Funds Europe about the importance of offering an entrepreneurial customer experience.
Today, investment managers must consider ESG before selecting an investment. If the concept seems obvious, turning the theory into practice becomes a tremendous challenge.
MUFG Investor Services CEO John Sergides talks about the changing alternative asset servicing space and the importance of being different.
Funds Europe gained comments from Luxembourg experts about living and working in the Grand Duchy and about regulation – such as the revised ELTIF rules.
Chris Edge, Chairman and Independent Director, ONE group solutions, says the third-party ManCo market is maturing as its benefits become recognised.
ALFI director general Camille Thommes explains why Luxembourg’s funds industry is further modernising its legal toolbox and operational framework.
Digital solutions and data management have become strategic advantages in private markets as limited partners favour sponsors that can facilitate timely access to financial data and portfolio information, says Christophe Ponticello of Gen II Fund Services.
The success of the Eltif and the tokenisation of private assets funds are among the topics discussed in Funds Europe's private markets roundtable in Luxembourg.
Besides overstating their sustainability credentials, fund boards run a risk of under-reporting when funds have genuinely strong ESG substance, says Silke Bernard, a Linklaters funds partner.
The goal of the European Long-Term Investment Fund to provide much-needed funding for small and mid-cap private companies has yet to be met – but a redesign could change that, say Holly Gardner and Adrian Whelan of Brown Brothers Harriman.
