Real estate investment funds come in about as many shapes and sizes as the entities that comprise the asset class they invest in, but a new survey by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry reveals what the average Luxembourg-domiciled REIF might look like.
Four years after the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive was first proposed, sending shock waves across the Continent, Europes asset management industry has largely come to terms with it, with some saying it lends itself to being marketed on global markets as a brand, much the way Ucits funds have been.
UK-based real estate bridging finance fund manager Montello is set to launch a Luxembourg fund, in response to what it says is "strong demand" from international advisers and investors.
The ING (L) Renta First Class Yield Opportunities fund is a multi-strategy credit portfolio invested in global high yield, investment grade credit as well as emerging market debt.
Baloise Vie Luxembourg, a Luxembourg-based arm of the listed Swiss insurer, Baloise group, is launching an offshore bond range into the UK market this month.
Luxembourg’s finance minister is holding up the EU’s planned agreement on the sharing of tax information between member countries, according to media reports.
The Isle of Man has become the latest of the UK Crown Dependencies to announce it has signed a double taxation agreement with Luxembourg.
Luxembourg’s finance minister has said the country would consider making its banking sector more transparent, according to media reports.
The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry has elected Anouk Agnes, its director of communications and business development for the past year, deputy director general.
As banks in Cyprus opened their doors for the first time in almost two weeks, officials in Luxembourg and Malta were stressing the robustness of their respective financial services industries.
The main Irish and Luxembourg funds industry associations have largely welcomed the publication, on Wednesday, of the final so-called AIFM Directive Level 2 regulations, saying that they bring much-needed clarity to the situation.
Luxembourg-based Internaxx Bank is changing its name to TD Direct Investing International to give a global brand image and explain better the online broker services it provides.
