Max Severijns

Max Severijns

Investing
April 15, 2024

How two imminent rate cuts could reshape the S&P 500 landscape

While it must frequently adjust its predictions, the market yet anticipates two reductions in the…
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Investing
April 10, 2024

Peak volatility expected during US elections

As the U.S. presidential election nears, the markets are bracing for heightened volatility…
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Laws and Regulations
April 3, 2024

Under pressure, SEC loosens disclosure requirements

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revised its climate reporting requirements under…
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March 28, 2024

Bitter truth behind chocolate: cocoa market in deep crisis

Cocoa prices soar; shortage from weather, disease impacts Record deficit, over-sold futures cause…
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Asset Managers
March 21, 2024

‘A company’s ESG score says nothing about its returns’

Better ESG scores of listed companies do not necessarily lead to higher equity returns. Contrary to…
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Investing
March 19, 2024

More analysts expect zero Fed rate cuts before end of year

Increasing numbers of analysts are now forecasting that the Federal Reserve will not implement any…
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March 15, 2024

Market unmoved by Biden’s plans to tax wealth

US President Joe Biden has outlined his ambitions for comprehensive tax reforms targeting large…
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Asset Allocation
March 7, 2024

Private investments hold back university fund returns

Private investment-laden portfolios of US university funds achieved a net return of 7.7 per cent in…
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Laws and Regulations
March 5, 2024

SEC likely to deviate from European climate reporting rules 

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is about to scrap the requirement for Scope-3 reporting…
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February 29, 2024

Weak yen crowns top Japanese companies as ‘Seven Samurai’

That Japan unexpectedly slipped into recession will make the market care. Profits of listed…
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Sector
February 26, 2024

Billions of euros flow out of European property funds

Investors have been liquidating billions of euros in assets in European real estate funds for a year…
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Miners at work with picks and shovels during the 19th century gold rush in Klondike, Alaska.
Asset Allocation
February 22, 2024

Picks-and-shovels strategies alive as Nvidia fuels AI gold rush

Artificial intelligence and semiconductor stocks rallied late Wednesday during after-hours trading…
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Sector
February 14, 2024

‘Tokenisation is the next step for asset management’

Tokenisation is the next step for the asset management industry. So says not only Larry Fink…
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Asset Managers
February 6, 2024

Europe has the same commercial property problems as US

Not only the US commercial real estate market is struggling with historically low prices due to…
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