Large corporations and listed companies in Europe will have to start examining - probably from 2026 onwards - how they can prevent or compensate for any harm caused by their business activities to people and the environment. Whether asset managers and …

Luxembourg-headquartered CVC Capital Partners, one of Europe’s biggest private equity firms, on Wednesday decided to postpone its initial public offering on the Amsterdam stock exchange, a person familiar with the decision has confirmed. The firm now is …

Ever since the inception of the European Green Deal, ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) has been mired in a tangle of compromises, featuring arbitrary categories underpinned by a fundamentally incoherent, and likely counterproductive, concept. …

This week’s overview of transfers, appointments and promotions includes updates from M&G and Fidelity. Kathy Ryan Kathy Ryan (photo) has been appointed as chief sustainability officer at M&G plc. She joins from Irish Life Investment Management, where she …

Financial supervisors across Europe are actively providing industry guidance on sustainability claims that financial firms attach to their products. EU-level guidance calls for communications with investors that is fair, clear and not misleading. In …

Amidst the ongoing transition to a new pension system in the Netherlands, Dutch pension fund managers are finding little bandwidth these days to explore fresh investment ideas for the coming year. Against this backdrop, asset managers face hurdles in …

Luxembourg-headquartered Alter Domus, an international provider of tech-enabled fund administration, private debt, and corporate services for the alternative investment industry, has appointed Michael Janiszewski as its new Chief Operating Officer. …

Despite the resilience of the American economy, investors in Treasuries and bonds harbor stiff hopes for a quick Fed pivot during the third losing year. “But we aren’t there just yet,” said Fidelity’s global fixed income CIO Steve Ellis. Treasury …

Amundi, Europe’s biggest asset manager, has informed investors that it is moving seven of its ESG funds out of Luxembourg to consolidate them with new umbrella ESG funds that it has created in Ireland. The move is aimed to achieve “a greater degree of …

Interest rates are shooting up and in some cases have reached the highest levels in decades. The share prices of US regional banks are collapsing again. And yet reports of new collapsing banks remain absent. Why? Deposits! The chart below provides the …

Will EU exempt finance from its corporate conscience?

CVC Capital now eyes 2024 for new attempt to go public

The sustainability bail-out

Transfer Thursday: M&G, Fidelity International

Sustainability claims need to be fair, clear, not misleading

Pension policy pause: Dutch funds keep managers waiting

Janiszewski appointed as new COO at Alter Domus

Not everyone shares fresh enthusiasm for bonds

Amundi moves €10.7 bln in Luxembourg ETFs to Ireland

Where is the next Silicon Valley Bank?