The gold price fell sharply on Monday morning, dropping nearly 10 percent in a short period and recording its biggest weekly loss since 1983. Higher inflation, rising interest rates, and a stronger dollar are putting pressure on the precious metal. …

RMB bonds may offer an unexpected shelter in a prolonged oil shock, as global fixed income markets struggle to absorb a renewed inflation impulse, according to Allianz Global Investors’ Jenny Zeng. Speaking to Investment Officer , the Hong Kong-based …

Necessity breaks laws, but it also breaks existing patterns, paradigms, and drives innovation. Necessity is, after all, the mother of invention. Not abundance or curiosity, but circumstances in which delay is not an option. Wars are, in that sense, the …

Evergreen funds are pushing private markets toward a wider investor base. Olivier Dauman of CA Indosuez says that expansion has clear limits. “I think evergreen is a nice evolution of this market. I don’t think it’s the El Dorado of private equity,” he …

Imagine this: you predict stock returns for January 2026 using company data from all of 2026. Data that only becomes available during that year (or even afterward). Sounds absurd? Yet this is exactly the methodological foundation of one of the most cited …

The signals that citizens and businesses are willing to leave their country if the tax burden becomes high enough are increasing rapidly. As a result, an economic theory that is already fifty years old—and long dismissed as meaningless fantasy—is suddenly …

When it comes to passing on assets, Luxembourg’s wealthy are focused on legacy rather than tax optimization, according to Ellen Brullard, chair of STEP Benelux and counsel at Arendt & Medernach. Anticipation is key, though it is more complex than it …

Global shipping is slowing as surging fuel costs and mounting risks in the Persian Gulf begin to strain the industry’s finances, forcing companies to cut speeds, seek emergency credit and rethink whether voyages are still viable. What began as a security …

A strong start to the year for smallcaps does not guarantee outperformance in 2026. Smallcaps started 2026 strongly, outperforming largecaps over the first two months. However, history suggests caution: in the past fifteen years smallcaps beat largecaps …

European banks have little direct exposure to the Middle East, says European credit rating agency Scope. However, as tensions in the region threaten to push up energy prices and slow economic growth, the risks for lenders may emerge elsewhere: in the …

Gold price tumbles as investors ‘lock in’ gains and safe-haven role shifts

RMB bonds emerge as hedge in oil shock

Wars drive innovation

Evergreen is no El Dorado, says Indosuez’s Dauman

The carbon premium that never existed

Chart of the week: laffer’s line

Closed oysters, open ears: how families approach wealth transfer

Shipping slows as fuel costs surge, credit strain spreads

Morningstar: Blackrock versus MFS Meridian in global small- and mid-cap equity

Middle East: Banks not overexposed, but their borrowers might be