Investment themes come and go, but investing in water has stood the test of time. Water can be central to many of the sustainability challenges facing the world. Investors seem to increasingly recognise this in recent years, creating a strong inflow of …

For those looking to make an impact investment without the pain of market corrections, the solution can be simple: Buy the best-in-class, short the villains, and keep the portfolio neutral. Earlier this month, the European Securities and Markets …

Australian financial giant Macquarie is considering a bid worth more than 5 billion pounds (5.6 billion euro) for UK-headquartered fund manager and insurer M&G, which runs its non-UK European business from Luxembourg. The Australian firm, which operates …

Interest in renewables is playing into the hands of alternative investment funds. Listed closed-end impact funds continue to invest in new energy projects, and investor inflows are following suit. Yet for now it is mainly British investors who recognise …

The announcement that some 500 Microsoft Exchange servers “need immediate attention”, issued by Luxembourg’s cybersecurity agencies last week, was echoed by financial regulator the CSSF just before last weekend. The head of Luxembourg’s agency covering …

Schroders Capital on Wednesday said it has launched its first European Long-Term Investment Fund, or Eltif. The fund is called the Schroders Capital Private Equity Eltif 2023 and is classified as a ‘green’ Article 8 under the EU Sustainable Finance …

PwC Luxembourg has named Baptiste Guionnet as partner. Guionnet will support CEOs, CFOs and other C-level executives on all financial, performance and transformation matters of the finance function. Until recently he served as partner at Deloitte …

IntReal Luxembourg SA, a subsidiary of property-focused third-party AIF manager IntReal, has added Stephan Schilken, 48, to its management team as a managing director. He will serve in the position of conducting officer and brings to the job decades of …

The market for European long term investment funds, or Eltifs, is set to triple in the coming years as high-net-worth clients look to diversify their portfolios by increasing their exposure to private markets, according to US fund manager BlackRock. “We …

Banks across Europe and elsewhere in the world should brace themselves for having their climate policies challenged in court after French bank BNP Paribas last week became the first commercial bank to find itself confronted with a lawsuit because of its …

Strong inflows for water funds reflect growing interest

Short the villain! ESG short-selling is unexplored territory

Report: Macquarie plans takeover bid for M&G

Private impact investing remains largely a British party

Lack of qualified staff leads to higher cybersecurity risk

Schroders’ first Eltif assigned Article 8 status under SFDR

Deloitte’s Guionnet joins PwC Luxembourg as partner

Stephan Schilken joins IntReal as managing director

BlackRock has ‘aggressive plans’ for the Eltif market

Climate lawsuit against BNP Paribas seen as first of many