Jane Wilkinson

You don’t need to invest millions to help get an innovative business off the ground

Make an entrepreneur’s day (and possibly her fortune) There are an estimated 150 million businesses currently in the making worldwide, with about 300 million people involved in making them. On average, about two thirds won’t even make it to launch, which still leaves

Do the best asset managers come from Venus or Mars?

Choosing an asset manager to manage your alternative assets may suddenly have got a whole lot easier: if men are from Mars, and women from Venus – all you need to do is avoid Martians. This is the finding of a recent study conducted by KPMG US looking at the performance of women-owned and -managed hedge funds, based upon Hedge Fund Research Inc’s indices.

World leaders meet in Paris to take on climate change

The spotlight is firmly fixed on Paris again this week, but this time for a very different reason to the recent terrorist attacks. World leaders are converging on Paris for the COP21, the 21st annual UN climate meeting, in which the UN will attempt to broker a universal agreement on combatting climate change. Expectations of a successful outcome are higher than […]

Institutional Investors drive exceptional growth in the European Responsible Investing Market

KPMG has now released the 3rd edition of the ALFI/KPMG European Responsible Investing Fund Survey. It is great to see the results of this survey reflecting a growth and dynamism of this sector and that product innovation and a set of promising opportunities - such as the development of green and social bonds - have been highlighted.

Measuring corporate value is taking on a whole new meaning….. Is it time to say good bye to market multiples and DCFs?

Everyone’s at it – KKR, EQT, Coller Capital. But at what? Looking at corporate value in a new and different way, of course. Companies have always created value in the course of doing business. They provide people with the goods and services they need. They contribute taxes to the economy. They create jobs and wealth, and by doing so they have played a sig […]

Responsible Investing – the 3rd pillar of the Luxembourg fund market

On 4 February at ALFI’s seminar “Navigate your way through Responsible Investing” 120 registrants met to hear about ALFI’s strategy and learn more about RI. Anouk Agnes, ALFI’s Deputy Director General, explained how RI is the third pillar of Luxembourg’s fund industry alongside UCITS and Alternative funds and how this third pillar is developing in […]