Chinese President Xi Jinping, leader of the world's largest CO2 emitter, is conspicuous by his absence at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Critics consider the ‘unclear’ Chinese climate policy the nail in the coffin of the Paris Agreement. For many …

A number of investors choose to sell investments in fossil fuel producers. This reduces the CO2 emissions of the investment portfolio but only partially protects the investors against the risks of the climate transition. The climate transition is more …

Does the green investing taxonomy leave the financial service industry open to charges of greenwashing? Are the rules so strict and complex that not only do few investments qualify, with the reasons for this being hard to explain to investors? The …

The consolidation battle in the asset management world continues unabated. American firm T. Rowe Price has bought credit manager Oak Hill Advisors for USD 4.2 billion in cash and shares. In addition, private equity parties GTCR LLC and Reverence Capital …

Gamestop and Dogecoin are passé. The world of internet memes – “fast-spreading internet jokes” - has a new hobbyhorse: Nancy Pelosi. The buying and selling of shares by the “Queen of Stocks”, as the Speaker of the US House of Representatives is called on …

Investors in emerging markets should completely ignore the 60 per cent worst performing companies when defining their investment universe. These companies bring extra risk, without rewarding you for it. In addition, investing in China is very different at …

SFDR and the green investing taxonomy have been broadly well received across Europe, but what if other economic powers adopt contradictory rules? “Fragmentation or global convergence” was the topic of discussion of one of the panel sessions at the …

How do you achieve a year-to-date return of more than 31 per cent? “Well, common sense. That is our only strategy. We have no more information than the market. We don't use a complex box with all kinds of variables”, said Theo Vermaelen, one of the four …

Bond investor Pimco is also increasingly looking to alternatives to traditional bond categories. The fund house sees attractive income-generating opportunities in real estate and private credit and plans to continue investing in these areas. That is what …

The Luxembourg financial sector has long-discussed the blockchain or as it’s also called “distributed ledger technology (DLT)” as way to strengthen the Luxembourg financial sector. As it was put by Ananda Kautz of Luxembourg’s banks and bankers …

Chinese climate plan: "Clear and realistic"

WTW: climate transition is more than CO2 reduction

Calls for greater taxonomy sophistication

Eat or be eaten continues in asset management

Geeks get it right: is Pelosi the “Queen of Stocks”?

EM investing: no confidence in China

Towards global ESG reporting

A 31% ytd return? Just a matter of "common sense"

Pimco looks for alternatives to public credit

Luxembourg lags in adopting blockchain in finance