The market for green bonds is growing fast, but not quite fast enough, according to Sean Kidney (photo), CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative. Our sister platform Fondsnieuws spoke with him following the State Street Global Advisors Climate Change Seminar. …

The ESG revolution results in a new suite of products that combine passive and active characteristics. Traditionally purely passive products are being tailored to meet specific ESG demands, for example on carbon emissions. Passive investment today goes …

Four French asset managers have joined forces to develop an innovative tool that measures the impact of investments on global biodiversity. The fund houses - Axa Investment Management, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Sycomore AM and Mirova - think there is …

The upcoming external audit of Luxembourg’s anti money-laundering (AML) stance is a major test for the country, its financial sector and the regulators. While the CSSF continues to maintain a low public profile, it has ramped up its work behind the scenes …

Luxembourg wants to be the leading global centre in sustainable finance by 2025. It also wants to keep increasing the number of foreign banks and asset managers active in the country and strengthen its role as a wealth management hub by attracting more …

Earning no yield on gold is better than a negative yield on bonds. Therefore investors should shift the allocation of their portfolios from negative yielding bonds to gold, according to Quintet. Quintet (formerly KBL European Private Bankers) is positive …

The best performing investment funds in 2019 are active funds. More importantly: they are mainly funds registered in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Those are the findings of a half-yearly study by consultant AF Advisors of investment funds available for …

Some 60 financial firms have announced relocations of activities to Luxembourg since the referendum in 2016. The final number will probably top 75 firms, as some have not yet made their plans public, Luxembourg for Finance CEO Nicolas Mackel said in an …

KBL epb changes its name into Quintet Pan-European private banking group. The Luxembourg-based bank does this in order to better reflect its partnership approach in wealth management. KBL European Private Bankers, established in 1949 in Luxembourg and …

Between 2016 and 2020, China spent more than 5.5bn renminbi (715bn euros) on environmental investments. But these massive sums of money are yet to translate into interesting investment opportunities in the country. Fund manager Yi Du of Pictet Global …

‘Green bond market not growing fast enough’

ESG integration brings together active and passive

Asset managers want to measure impact on biodiversity

CSSF responds to AML scrutiny

Luxembourg: leading global sustainable finance in 2025?

Quintet: Better gold than bonds

Best performing funds: active and domiciled in Luxembourg

‘Total Brexit relocations will top 70’

Private Bank KBL epb Changes its Name: Quintet

China’s eco investments benefit western stocks