Raymond Frenken

Raymond Frenken

PwC Luxembourg turnover up 11%, tops half a billion euro
January 26, 2023

AIFM directors concerned over greenwashing risks

Boards of AIFMs, Alternative Investment Fund Managers, in Luxembourg are “heavily concerned” over…
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Luxembourg has high hopes for redesigned Eltif framework
Asset Managers
January 20, 2023

Luxembourg has high hopes for Eltif 2.0 framework

Luxembourg’s fund industry has high hopes for Eltif 2.0, the revised European regime for long-term…
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EU regulation in 2023: AIFMD, Mifid 2, retail investors, and ESG
Laws and Regulations
January 19, 2023

EU regulation in 2023: AIFMD, Mifid 2, retail investors, ESG

When it comes to EU financial regulation it won’t surprise anyone to hear that more is in store for…
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Asset Servicing
January 18, 2023

Centaur gives Waystone a leg up in fund admin services

Dublin-based international management company Waystone, a major actor also in the Luxembourg market…
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Francois Defferriere, head of third-party marketer ALFI Partners. Photo: Alfilux.
Asset Servicing
January 17, 2023

Alfi Partners becomes part of FundRock, joins Apex family

Global financial services provider Apex Group is taking over Alfi Partners, a Luxembourg-based third…
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In Flux: Where there’s smoke…
Opinion
January 16, 2023

In Flux: A turning point for Quintet?

“The UBS phase is over,” a Quintet banker told me last week. Luxembourg-based Qatari-owned Quintet…
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‘The cleanest dirty shirt is in the US’
Asset Managers
January 16, 2023

El-Erian: ‘The cleanest dirty shirt is in the US’

With economic growth slowing down in all three of the world’s major economies, investors are best…
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Quintet's head office in the centre of Luxembourg town. Photo: IO.
Private Banks
January 13, 2023

Quintet reshuffles country CEOs as Rodermann exits

Luxembourg-based global private bank Quintet has reshuffled the top leadership of its branches in…
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Closing KBA, Waystone becomes Ireland's largest Ucits ManCo 
Investing
January 12, 2023

Waystone emerges as big gorilla in the Raif market

In the Luxembourg market for Reserved Alternative Investment Funds, Dublin-headquartered investment…
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Pandoo, as single brand, replaces Pandomus and Pancura 
Asset Servicing
January 10, 2023

Pandoo, as single brand, replaces Pandomus, Pancura 

Two Luxembourg brand names in the alternative investments business are disappearing. Fund…
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Apex plans to hire 500 fund experts in Johannesburg
Asset Servicing
January 9, 2023

Apex to hire 500 fund services experts in Johannesburg

Apex Group plans to hire more than 500 new fund services experts in Johannesburg this year in order…
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Luxembourg set to brace any financial turmoil 2023 may bring
Investing
January 9, 2023

Luxembourg confident it can weather any turmoil in 2023

Geopolitical uncertainty, rising interest rates, more stringent sustainability requirements…
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Vladimir Putin meeting with Xi Jinping at the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022. Photo via Wikipedia CC-BY-4.0
Investing
January 5, 2023

‘Rogue Russia’, ‘Maximum Xi’ are top geopolitics risks

Individual autocrats in Russia and China as well as at a number of top global technology firms pose…
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Luxembourg fund managers ordered to review costs and fees
Supervision
January 4, 2023

Climate reporting: ‘Boilerplates not welcome’

Luxembourg’s financial supervisors are preparing for tough scrutiny of the annual reports that firms…
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