Opinion

Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
January 29, 2024

Bizarre policies!

With many aspects, a distant perspective can be quite enlightening. This certainly applies to…
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Gregory Kennedy, IO columnist. Image: IO.
Opinion
January 25, 2024

Authorised roles: Increased costs, questionable benefits

A thriving fund industry rests on the foundation of a robust regulatory framework, assuring…
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Opinion
January 23, 2024

Europe’s de-industrialisation

The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has accelerated the exodus of industries from Europe, a…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
January 22, 2024

Markets’ inscrutable movements

Markets can often be inscrutable, as seen in December’s US inflation data, which showed a rise in…
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MARC MEYERS AND SEBASTIAAN HOOGHIEMSTRA of Loyens Loeff Luxembourg. Photo: Luxembourg for Finance.
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January 17, 2024

The future of open-ended Eltifs is still undecided

The use of liquidity pockets for open-ended Eltifs, European long term investment funds, remains to…
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January 16, 2024

Belgian Cayman on the prowl in Luxembourg

In a recent fiscal flourish, Belgian finance minister Vincent Van Peteghem’s tax reform, originally…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
January 15, 2024

BOJ as only central banking tightening policy? Of course!

I am captivated by a recent chart from Bloomberg that illustrates the anticipated movements in…
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Gregory Kennedy, IO columnist. Image: IO.
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January 10, 2024

SFDR: Benefiting everyone but investors

Since its implementation in 2021, the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) has…
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Jeroen Blokland
Investing
January 8, 2024

A spot Bitcoin ETF - does it matter?

The imminent decision by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a series of U.S. spot…
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January 3, 2024

Ten misconceptions around the Magnificent Seven

It is striking how few investors dare to bet their cards on the Magnificent Seven before 2024. All…
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