Investment Management

ETF, a rising star in the investment universe

ETFs are gaining ground globally Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have solidified their position as one of the successful financial innovations of recent years, having become a strong alternative to mutual funds and other financial products. Since its inception in 1993,

KPMG’s summer reading list 2016

Seeing as August is the hottest time for a holiday (in both the literal and figurative senses), we’ve seen fewer people round the office, fewer cars in Kirchberg, and more planes in the sky. Whether you find yourself among the holidaymakers or not, it’s a great season to read, which is why we’ve compiled our first summer reading list.

Investmentsteuerreformgesetz (InvStRefG): Eine Reform mit weitreichenden Änderungen?

Das neue Investmentsteuerreformgesetz ist da. Mit seiner Verkündung im Bundesgesetzblatt ist es mit Wirkung ab 27. Juli 2016 in Kraft getreten. Das neue Gesetz sieht u.a. ein grundlegend reformiertes Besteuerungssystem von Investmentfonds und deren Anleger vor.

ESMA’s second round of AIFMD passport recommendations

In continuing its country-by-country approach to determining which non-EU countries should have access to the AIFMD passport, ESMA has published the outcome of its reviews of twelve non-EU countries that are home to Managers or Funds active in the EU market. Canada, Japan, Jersey, Guernsey, and Switzerland got the green light with ESMA seeing no obstacles to giv […]

The RAIF: for investments of any colour

On 14 July 2016 Luxembourg added the eagerly awaited Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (RAIF) to its alternative investment fund structuring toolbox.

Artificial intelligence set to wow the finance sector’s traditional intelligence

You may have heard of IBM Watson already, but in case you haven’t: it’s a cognitive computing capability that is commercially available. Named after IBM’s first CEO, Watson beat two champions of the game-show Jeopardy back in 2011, and more recently has