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‘Cheap money at ECB makes fighting inflation difficult’
News
August 30, 2022

‘Cheap money at ECB makes fighting inflation difficult’

The European Central Bank needs to review its special programmes that make available cheap money to…
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The Swiss central bank is proud of its narrow mandate, its chief Thomas Jodan told fellow central bankers in Jackson Hole..
Sector
August 30, 2022

Swiss central bank is proud of its narrow mandate

Central banks worldwide will need to face the fact that pressure on prices will remain high for the…
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August 29, 2022

Klein joins Deutsche Börse as Chief Compliance Officer

Marc Peter Klein will join Deutsche Börse as Managing Director Group Compliance on 1 January 2023…
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Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, speaking on Friday at the Jackson Hole meeting. Photo: Kansas City Fed via Twitter..
News
August 29, 2022

Jackson Hole shows the narrow path is narrowing

“Walking the narrow path” is an expression among central bankers about striking a fragile balance…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
August 29, 2022

Chart of the week: German inflation nearing 10%

It was a huge shock. The 37.2 percent increase in German producer prices, or PPI, for July that the…
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Cube Infrastructure takes over MVV’s Czech energy business
Investing
August 26, 2022

Cube Infrastructure takes over MVV’s Czech energy business

Cube Infrastructure Managers, a Luxembourg-based infrastructure investor, has agreed to take over…
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Jan Vergote is a former chief strategist at Belfius Bank and set up the Investment Talks initiative. He is an Investment Officer knowledge expert.
Investing
August 26, 2022

Jan Vergote: central bankers and inflation... quo vadis?

In the last month, we have seen a sharp recovery in the stock market that most analysts (including…
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Political risks make for an uncertain economic outlook. This week, we look at the top 5 bond funds with the highest exposure to the battered Italy debt markets.
Sector
August 26, 2022

Top 5: Bond funds exposed to Italy

You may not have noticed it while on holiday this summer, but Italy is once again in crisis…
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Tour of Flanders passing the Oude Kwaremont, 2016. Photo: Raymond Frenken
Products
August 25, 2022

DNCA Finance sees new niches emerging in sports

Boris Radondy, manager of the DNCA Global Sport Equity fund, expects strong growth in the sports…
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The Rotterdam offices of InsingerGilissen, a unit of Quintet Private Bank.
Private Banks
August 25, 2022

Quintet: InsingerGillissen Dutch team joins Auréus

A Rotterdam-based investment team of four people representing InsingerGilissen, part of Luxembourg…
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