The unrest in the Middle East has affected Emerging Market Debt (EMD) through rising rates and higher risk premiums. There is no indication, for now, of a structural deterioration in credit risk. That is according to senior portfolio manager Anthony …

The fact that some bond issuances are now oversubscribed by as much as ten times illustrates how sharply market sentiment has shifted. After more than a decade of interest rates close to zero, bonds in the eurozone are once again offering returns, around …

The conflict between the US and Iran is hitting the core of the Federal Reserve’s rate strategy. The one factor that was keeping rate cuts alive, falling housing costs, is now under pressure. Until recently, the housing market was working in the Fed’s …

A sweeping new EU regulation for ESG rating providers is set to reshape a market that Morningstar Sustainalytics has helped build, consolidating a fragmented industry and raising the compliance bar significantly. Catalina Secreteanu, who leads market …

The war against Iran has now lasted a month, and the consequences are becoming visible at a rapid pace. The conflict began as an American-Israeli operation targeting Iran’s nuclear program and the regime in Tehran. But while the United States and Israel …

For years, Luxembourg has been where funds are domiciled, administered, and reported on, while the actual investment decisions got made elsewhere. That may be shifting. Luxembourg is moving, slowly but surely, from being a back-office location to one with …

Now that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has placed most digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, outside its oversight, chair Paul Atkins said the “brake on innovation” that the market watchdog had become under Gary Gensler is …

If there is one thing that characterizes the investment world, it is that it is full of clichés, parrots, and an enormous reluctance to change. It is sometimes laughable how market experts produce the same one-liners for twenty years or bury you under …

When an Irish-domiciled Eltif, a European long-term investment fund, suspended redemptions late last year, it marked the first gating event in the European market and exposed the structural tension at the heart of the product. The episode comes as Eltifs …

Blackrock is an established behemoth with total assets that easily overwhelm its closest rivals, while UBS Asset Management is rebuilding following the acquisition of Credit Suisse Asset Management. Blackrock and UBS Asset Management present markedly …

Higher rates weigh on EMD more than geopolitics

Oversubscription of bond issuances creates a snowball effect

Iran conflict hits Miran’s housing assumption

New EU rules raise the bar for ESG rating providers

Europe is the biggest victim of the war against Iran

Trust, tax, tech: Luxembourg's formula for front-office growth

SEC chair calls earlier crypto approach ‘a brake on innovation’

Chart of the week: the end of the macro investor

Eltif growth meets market reality

Morningstar: two speeds at Blackrock and UBS AM