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“With the allocation to equities largely unchanged in [December 2024], this means long-term investors still begin 2025 with their biggest overweight in equities in 16 and a half years,” said Michael Metcalfe, head of macro strategy at State Street Global Markets. Photo: Shutterstock
MARKETS

Institutional investors reduced risk exposure in December 2024

The State Street risk appetite index dropped into negative territory in December 2024, breaking four consecutive months of institutional investors’ risk-seeking activity.

Lydia Linna • 10.01.2025
Jérôme Gazel, portfolio manager at Edmond de Rothschild Europe. Photo: Edmond de Rothschild Europe
MARKETS

Small caps to face Trump in 2025

Jérôme Gazel/Edmond de Rothschild Europe • 09.01.2025
Supported by a recovering real estate market, Luxembourg’s economy is expected to grow by 2.5% in 2025, a sharp increase from the 0.5% growth projected for 2024. Inflation is forecast to rise slightly and salary indexation is not expected before Q2 2025, stated the national statistics bureau, Statec, on Monday 6 January 2025. Photo: Shutterstock
ECONOMY

Salary indexation not before April 2025: Statec

Kangkan Halder • 06.01.2025
“For monetary policy, this means the [European] central bank should remain cautious and make only small interest rate cuts in the first quarter of 2025,” said Cyrus de la Rubia, chief economist at Hamburg Commercial Bank, commenting on the December 2024 PMI data on 6 January 2025. Photo: Hamburg Commercial Bank
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PMI data signals limited rate cuts by ECB in Q1 2025

Kangkan Halder • 06.01.2025
Philippe Ledent is senior economist at ING Belux. Photo: Maison Moderne (archives)
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2025: The wait

Philippe Ledent/ING • 05.01.2025
“Three Studies for Portrait of George Dyer” (1963): oil on canvas in three parts, each measuring 35.5 x 30.5 cm. Photo: Tom Lucas/MNAHA
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Artex securitises the acquisition of works of art

Céline Coubray • 03.01.2025
Gilles Moëc and Chris Iggo (pictured), both at Axa Investment Managers, presented their economic and market views on 12 December 2024 in Luxembourg. Photos: Axa Investment Managers, Shutterstock, Montage: Maison Moderne
MARKETS

Attractive yields may be found in the weakest credits

Sylvain Barrette • 02.01.2025
Antoine Kremer, 51, has represented the ABBL and the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (Alfi) in Brussels for 18 years, and the Aca for two years. Photo: Guy Wolff/Maison Moderne
MARKETS

Five financial regulations to watch in 2025

Guillaume Meyer • 02.01.2025
Gilles Moë and Chris Iggo (pictured), both at Axa Investment Managers, presented their economic and market views on 12 December 2024 in Luxembourg. Photo: Axa Investment Managers
MARKETS

Nervous high-risk calls

Sylvain Barrette • 30.12.2024
Gilles Moëc and Chris Iggo, both at Axa Investment Managers presented their economic and market views on 12 December 2024 in Luxembourg. Pictured: Gilles Moëc Photo: Axa Investment Managers, Shutterstock, Montage: Maison Moderne
MARKETS

ECB rate to drop to as low as 1.5% in 2025: AxaIM

Sylvain Barrette • 28.12.2024
Gilles Moëc and Chris Iggo, both at Axa Investment Managers presented their economic and market views on 12 December 2024 in Luxembourg. Pictured: Gilles Moëc Photo: Axa Investment Managers
MARKETS

No scenario leads US inflation back to 2%:  AxaIM

Sylvain Barrette • 27.12.2024
Tom Théobald, CEO of Luxembourg for Finance, and Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist at Northern Trust, discussed their global economic outlook for 2025 during a Luxembourg For Finance webinar held on 10 December 2024. Photos: LFF; Northern Trust. Montage: Maison Moderne
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Tariff threats “often the first step in a bargaining process”: economist

Lydia Linna • 24.12.2024
Paperjam had an online interview with Anna Rosenberg, head of geopolitics at Amundi Investment Institute, to discuss recent geological developments and her outlook for 2025. Photo: Magali Delporte/Amundi Investment Institute
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Tariffs as an economic and, increasingly, a geopolitical tool

Sylvain Barrette • 23.12.2024
William Telkes is chief economist at Spuerkeess. Photo: Spuerkeess
MARKETS

A less accommodating monetary policy from the Fed

Dr William Telkes (Spuerkeess) • 22.12.2024
Alexandre Drabowicz is chief investment officer at Indosuez Wealth Management. Photo: Indosuez
MARKETS

Alexandre Drabowicz: “A world in transformation”

Alexandre Drabowicz • 19.12.2024
In a voluntary exercise involving nearly 1,000 submissions to check Dora regulation compliance, the European Supervisory Authorities found that only 6.5% of the registers passed all data checks, with missing required information being the most common issue. Photo: Shutterstock
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93.5% of Dora dry run submissions had at least 1 data error, ESAs report

Kangkan Halder • 19.12.2024
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