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Jeroen Blokland
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Is it really different this time?

“I’ve got to say, I’m usually skeptical of the phrase “ This time is different.” More often than not…
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In Flux: Where there’s smoke…
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The time for true green investing is now

As the global investment community grapples with a fluctuating market and evolving attitudes towards…
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ECB Watch: A turbulent 25th anniversary

What an extraordinary month the first month of this year proved to be for the European Central Bank…
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Jeroen Blokland
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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.
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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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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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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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