The governing council of the European Central Bank (ECB) lowered interest rates again in October. The bank expects annual inflation in 2026 to reach 1.9 percent, which would align with the ECB's target of 2 percent annual price increases. In December …

LuxFlag’s Sustainability Investment Week (LSIW24) kicked off on Tuesday, with several speakers sharing their relative optimism around commitments to ESG and impact investing. LuxFlag chairwoman Denise Voss kicked off Tuesday afternoon’s conference. She …

US inflation has fallen back to 2.4 per cent, not far from the Federal Reserve's target. In Europe, the inflation levels of the largest economies are already well below the 2 per cent target of the Bank of England and the ECB, just as we saw in the years …

Private equity is under increasing pressure to innovate in response to growing competition, according to Hylke Hertoghs and Bastiaan van Slobbe, managing partners at Marktlink Capital. Their firm provides investors with opportunities to access private …

Spreads on high-yield bonds are tight, and the fundamentals of high-yield look strong. Taking (credit) risks has clearly paid off this year. As of the end of September 2024, the Morningstar Global High Yield Bond Index recorded a positive year-to-date …

Czech Banka Creditas has made a binding takeover bid for the Maltese group over online bank MeDirect. Behind Banka Creditas is relatively unknown billionaire Pavel Hubáček. MeDirect is an online bank offering savings and investment products in Malta, …

Ireland has flagged that it does not plan to introduce its own version of Luxembourg’s highly successful Reserved Alternative Investment Fund (Raif), signalling a cautious approach in the global race for private market leadership and reflecting the …

Major technology companies such as Amazon, Google, and Oracle are aggressively expanding into nuclear power, sparking significant investor interest in the sector’s stocks and ETFs. However, concerns are emerging about potential ‘pump and dump’ schemes in …

This week’s overview of transfers and appointments in the fund and asset management community in and outside Luxembourg includes updates from Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, Zedra and HSBC. Melinda Käsdorf Melinda Käsdorf has been appointed head of …

With the European Commission confirming on Tuesday that the Level 2 Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) for the revised European Long-Term Investment Funds (Eltifs) regime are on track, the alternatives industry is shifting its focus towards overcoming …

ECB: Everything will be fine with inflation in 20XX

LuxFlag chair: ‘We’re entering a new era of labelling’

Chart of the week: The Way We Were

Marketlink: Private equity needs to innovate in competitive market

Morningstar: a good year for high-yield bonds

MeDirect may fall into the hands of Czech billionaire

Ireland adopts cautious stance on competing with Luxembourg

Tech giants go nuclear, and so do investors – caution urged

Transfer Thursday: Edmond de Rothschild, Zedra and HSBC

As Eltif 2.0 is cleared, focus shifts to operational challenges