Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management has launched its Kempen European Private Equity Fund III.
Preqin has published its Alternatives in Europe 2024 report, which shows that European private equity fundraising reached EUR118 billion in the first half of 2024 and could be a record year. However, there are signs a slowdown is due in the second half of the year.
Fair Oaks Capital, a specialist corporate credit manager, has listed the first European AAA CLO ETF on the London Stock Exchange with the ticker FAAA.
Silke Bernard, Global Head of Investment Funds, Linklaters, writes that it’s taken a long time – nearly nine years since the initial legislation came into effect – but European Long-Term Investment Funds appear finally to be on the point of a breakthrough.
The EU urgently needs to bolster its capital markets to achieve its strategic objectives for a safe, green and prosperous future for its citizens.
The latest edition of Broadridge’s Fund Brand 50 (FB50), an annual research study by Broadridge Financial Solutions, reveals that cautious European investors put the squeeze on the asset management industry – parking cash in bank savings accounts and money market funds – and scrutinising asset manager credentials like never before.
EFAMA has commented on today’s vote by the European Parliament in favour of a new ESG ratings regulation, saying that this is a significant move towards providing investors with transparent and dependable ESG-related ratings information.
Giuseppe Corsini, Partner of Capital Markets and Accounting Advisory Services in PwC Luxembourg writes that the ASPI Critical Technology Tracker, which monitors 64 cutting-edge technologies globally, highlights Europe’s absence as a leader in any key development area, with only Germany, Italy, France, and the Netherlands sporadically appearing as top contributors to high-impact research.
The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT), together with PwC Luxembourg and with the active support of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), have jointly announced the publication of the second edition of the Crypto-Assets Management Survey, entitled “Crypto-Assets in Luxembourg: Persistence Amidst Headwinds”.
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