Luxembourg UCITS emerging as global brand – ALFI’s Voss
A Luxembourg UCITS fund is becoming a recognised global brand, said Denise Voss, the new president of the country’s fund industry association.
A Luxembourg UCITS fund is becoming a recognised global brand, said Denise Voss, the new president of the country’s fund industry association.
This gallery features a slideshow of photos taken during the Expert Investor Europe Luxembourg event on 19 June 2015.
In part two of the interview, Jean-Charles de le Court evaluates the rise of alternative Ucits funds, and explains why they have become more attractive for him to invest in. He also clarifies why he tends to prefer a small funds with little assets under management over their established peers.
Jean-Charles de le Court tells EIE’s Dylan Emery how he goes about selecting managers for his ‘fund-of satellites’ strategy. He explains why he is not so much focused on volatility, but insists on managers who invest in their own funds.
While Europe’s finance ministers were having another round of fruitless Greek bailout talks just a few blocks away, Luxembourg-based fund selectors proved just as divided on Greece’s economic future as Wolfgang Schäuble and Yanis Varoufakis.
Luxembourg, Europe’s biggest largest domicile for Ucits funds, is looking for diversification. The country wants to attract more alternative investment funds, and non-Ucits funds which focus on sustainable investing.
Fund selectors attending Expert Investor Europe’s Alternative Ucits Congress in Versailles in October tell us what alternative strategies they are investing in now.
Socially responsible investing (SRI) has gained most foothold in France and The Netherlands, as differences across Europe remain enormous.
Discussion at Expert Investor Luxembourg focused on a hotly debated topic, especially in the south of Europe: is the euro overvalued?
On the day Mario Draghi announced a historical interest rate cut for the Eurozone, the panellists at Expert Investor Luxembourg trivialised deflationary risks for the currency union.
European equity funds are on the top of the buy list of Luxembourg’s fund selectors.