Raymond Frenken

Raymond Frenken

Biggest geopolitical risk. Image: Defigners
Investing
December 18, 2025

Geopolitics emerges as a structural market risk in 2026

Geopolitical risk once entered markets through sudden shocks. Going into 2026, leading investment…
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Skyline banks Frankfurt. Photo by Matthias Münning on Unsplash
Asset Allocation
December 17, 2025

Europe’s banks have very little room to absorb shocks

Europe’s banks are heading into 2026 with solid balance sheets, but with less room for error. After…
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Alessia Berardi. Photo: Amundi.
Investing
December 12, 2025

India gains recognition as diversification anchor

India is drawing fresh interest from global investors as domestic demand, rapid digitalization and a…
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Photo: ESMA.
Supervision
December 9, 2025

Simplification push by ESMA risks raising costs before relief

The European Union’s push to simplify financial reporting faces a complex reality, with industry…
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Foto: Van Lanschot Kempen.
Investing
December 5, 2025

Van Lanschot Kempen turns to Alto for operational scalability

Van Lanschot Kempen is upgrading its investment infrastructure by adopting Amundi’s Alto platform, a…
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Richard Marshall (left) and Greg McKenzie. Photo: Belasko.
Transfers
December 4, 2025

New appointments at Belasko, Innpact, Deutsche Bank, Schroders and LL

This week’s roundup highlights senior hires and partner promotions across Luxembourg and Europe…
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A maze in England. Photo: Tim Green via Flickr.
Laws and Regulations
December 2, 2025

Europe’s fund market faces a major shake-up under SFDR 2

Europe’s fund market is on the brink of a major reshuffle. Under SFDR 2.0, the European Commission’s…
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Photo: Arendt.
Asset Servicing
November 27, 2025

Arendt sells majority stake in AIS to Blackfin in $500 mln deal

Blackfin Capital Partners will become the majority shareholder of Arendt Investor Services in a deal…
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The EU's climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, right, takes part in a ministerial meeting during COP30, in Belém, Brazil. Photo: EU.
Laws and Regulations
November 20, 2025

SFDR overhaul sets strict new rules for sustainable fund labels

The European Commission on Thursday unveiled sweeping changes to Europe’s Sustainable Finance…
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NatureFinance's Arend Kulenkampff addressing the COP30 meeting. Photo: NatureFinance.
News
November 20, 2025

COP30 sees nature move to the center of climate finance

The United States’ pullback from COP30 raised fears of stalled momentum in climate finance. Instead…
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Johanna Kyrklund, group CIO at Schroders. Photo: Schroders.
Investing
November 19, 2025

‘It’s too early to withdraw into a bear cave’

Stretched valuations alone are not enough to derail the equity market as long as the economic…
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'Shadow bankers', Photo by Feodor Chistyakov on Unsplash
Investing
November 17, 2025

As banks retreat, private lenders take the wheel

A good fifteen years after the global financial crisis rewired the world’s credit circuits, a new…
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Anna Rosenberg, head of geopolitics at the Amundi Investment Institute. Photo: Amundi.
Asset Managers
November 11, 2025

The new Cold War runs on artificial intelligence

Anna Rosenberg of Amundi Investment Institute says the same forces that once drove nuclear and space…
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Photo: ESMA.
Supervision
November 6, 2025

ESMA warns on high costs in fund distribution

Almost half of European fund investors’ costs go to distribution, according to a new report by the…
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