Regulation

A green maze. Photo by Benjamin Elliott on Unsplash.
Sustainability
01 July 2022

'Lack of taxonomy harmonisation leads to fragmentation'

The sustainable fund market in Luxembourg and other European...
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Tanguy van de Werve, Efama’s Director General. 
Regulation
29 June 2022

Efama calls for tax action to shield savers from inflation

Europe’s asset management industry on Wednesday called on...
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The price of carbon allowances plummeted in Europe against the backdrop of the escalating Russian-Ukrainian war, lowering the cost of carbon emissions for the EU's most polluting companies. That fall has since been rapidly reversed.
Sustainability
29 June 2022

Carbon emission funds 'look comfortable' for next decade

While most asset classes are recording double-digit losses...
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LuxCMA debate on green securitisation
Sustainability
28 June 2022

Nascent green securitisation struggles to find foothold

Green securitisation is struggling to find a foothold, it...
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Assets coins stacked. Image Springwater CC BY-ND 4.0
Regulation
28 June 2022

Alfi supports more lenient ‘opt-up’ rules for retail

Luxembourg’s fund industry supports the introduction in new...
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Dariush Yazdani, Global Asset and Wealth Management Research Centre Leader, PwC Luxembourg
Consultants
28 June 2022

Most investors plan to stop investing in non-ESG funds

Two-thirds of Europe’s institutional investors plan to stop...
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MEP Pascal Durand, (France, Renew Europe), the EU Parliament's chief negotiator on CSRD. Photo: EP.
Regulation
27 June 2022

EU agrees new CSRD rules to stop green-washing

The European Council and the European Parliament have taken...
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BlueOrchard CEO Philipp Mueller with a micro-entrepreneur in Lima, Peru. Photo: BlueOrchard BlueOrchad CEO Philipp Mueller with a micro-entrepreneur in Lima, Peru. Photo: BlueOrchard
Sustainability
22 June 2022

Luxembourg picks Schroders as ManCo in climate action

Luxembourg’s Ministry of Finance has chosen asset management...
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Cathie Wood, ARK Innovation ETF. Photo by Ark. Select this item ETF. Image: gotcredit.com via Flickr CC BY 2.0
Sustainability
21 June 2022

JP Morgan AM and Pictet both launch new impact funds

JP Morgan Asset Management and Pictet separately announced...
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Regulation
21 June 2022

CSSF tells AIFMs to use eDesk for marketing notifications

Luxembourg’s financial supervisor CSSF on Monday ordered...
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CSSF's Martine Wagner (left), head of department for the supervision of investment firms, and Cécile Gellenoncourt, Head of Supervision of Information systems, address the new outsourcing rules in the ABBL-CSSF webinar.
Regulation
20 June 2022

CSSF clarifies new rules for financial sector outsourcing

New rules, new details and a new terminology regarding...
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Funds
17 June 2022

Top 5 European Mid Cap Shares: DWS in the lead

With investors' appetite for risk diminishing, equity...
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Hadewych Kuiper, managing director at Triodos Investment Management.
Regulation
15 June 2022

Green funds: ‘omission’ in AIFMD2 to hurt impact funds

Alarmed efforts by European green and microfinance fund...
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