Sebastiaan Hooghiemstra

Kevin Khang, senior global economist at Vanguard
April 20, 2026

AI’s next winners probably won’t be tech-companies, says Vanguard’s head of research

If history is any guide, the artificial intelligence boom will not be those who build the technology…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
April 20, 2026

Chart of the week: J-curve or U-turn

For over ten years, I’ve been writing articles for investors, economists, and anyone with even the…
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Asset Allocation
April 17, 2026

Investors return to beaten-down software stocks

Software stocks are being repriced as investors reassess how artificial intelligence will reshape…
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Cairo
Expert Panel
April 17, 2026

Morningstar: Barings versus Blackrock in Global Emerging Markets Bond

In the first quarter of 2026, hard-currency emerging-markets sovereign debt held up modestly better…
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Asset Managers
April 16, 2026

Selling America is misreading of bigger picture, US managers say

A mix of erratic political choices has chipped away at confidence in Washington. Yet, as the…
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Guillaume Lendormy. Photo: Schroders.
Transfers
April 16, 2026

Transfers: Schroders, LHoFT, Feri, Goldman Sachs

This week’s update of people transfers in wealth and asset management in Luxembourg and beyond.
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk views the wreckage of his Starship SN8 in 2020. Photo: Steve Jurvetson via Wikimedia.
April 15, 2026

Galactic American IPOs set to test passive investors as index rules shift

A wave of massive initial public offerings, including SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI, is set to hit US…
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Dominostenen
Technology
April 14, 2026

‘Euro stablecoin stands or falls with support from major banks’

A dozen major European banks have joined forces to offer a euro stablecoin to clients by the end of…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
April 14, 2026

Beijing’s handshake

While the whole world was watching the Serena Hotel in Islamabad, where the ceasefire negotiations…
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M. Pieterse-Bloem - photo by Melanie Lemahieu
Private Banks
April 13, 2026

Investors are getting used to war. That worries Pieterse-Bloem.

The conflict in the Middle East hit financial markets less hard than expected. Rabobank strategist…
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Thomas Heinzl. Photo: Quintet.
Private Banks
April 13, 2026

Heinzl takes helm at Quintet as cost pressure defines next phase

The new chief executive of Europe’s quietly ambitious private bank starts work this week. His…
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Expert Panel
April 10, 2026

Morningstar: Invesco vs First Sentier in global emerging markets equity

Emerging markets started the year strongly, but geopolitical tensions stemming from the US/Israel…
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KPMG - Wirtschaftsmotor Mittel- und Osteuropa
Investing
April 9, 2026

Eastern Europe outpaces the West, but investors remain absent

Eastern Europe has been growing faster than the West for years. Western European companies are…
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Investing
April 9, 2026

Platforms are shifting power dynamics in European fund distribution

The way capital flows is changing. Alongside banks and traditional networks, digital platforms are…
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