Erik Breen

EU in no rush to address confusion over greenwashing
November 15, 2022

Banks challenge Greenpeace on greenwashing allegations

The latest round of greenwashing allegations targets Luxembourg’s banks and their investment funds…
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Unsplash by Markus Spiske
Investing
November 14, 2022

Top 5 sustainable value stocks: Schroders in the lead

Style risk is one of the key risks that sustainable investors need to be aware of. After all, many…
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Michael Reinhard, Chief Executive Officer, Universal Investment, and Katja Müller, Chief Customer Officer, Universal Investment
Asset Servicing
November 14, 2022

With EFA, UI pushes assets administrated above €900 bln

By successfully closing its acquisition of European Fund Administration, Universal Investment has…
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Oliver Zwick, Clifford Chance
Asset Managers
November 14, 2022

Amid high hopes, key Eltif issues remain to be resolved

Outlines of reform proposals for European long-term investment funds (Eltif), agreed by EU policy…
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Justin de Ridder, Nectar
Opinion
November 11, 2022

The housing market crisis is in full swing in some places

Although inflation has made its comeback in Western economies after decades of oblivion (the great…
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Proptech team
News
November 11, 2022

Rise PropTech aims to benefit from property disruption

The construction industry and real estate are about to change, and so investing in property tech (or…
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Jeroen Blokland
News
November 11, 2022

Graph of the week: energy label

No this column is not about sustainability, climate targets or Co2 emissions. But about the fable…
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Bloomberg terminal
Asset Managers
November 10, 2022

Active managers lose out again against passive

It has been a dire and highly volatile stock market year so far. The opportunity for active…
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LuxFLAG side event at COP27
News
November 10, 2022

At COP27, LuxFlag hosts debate on impact investing

LuxFlag, the Luxembourg Finance Labelling Agency, raised awareness to market challenges faced in the…
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Windmills
November 9, 2022

SFDR Article 6 and 8 funds see substantial outflows in Q3

While the upgrade of SFDR funds is still in full swing, light green funds did not escape this year’s…
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Frank Kuijk, Loyens & Loeff
Asset Managers
November 9, 2022

Funds to escape Luxembourg tax avoidance rule ‘overkill’

Luxembourg’s government is proposing to simplify the corporate income tax process for investment…
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CSSF seen drafting EU best practice for handling NAV errors 
Supervision
November 8, 2022

AML: CSSF finds weaknesses amid ‘satisfactory’ understanding

Luxembourg financial regulator CSSF today announced that it had found “satisfactory” both market…
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Market crash
News
November 8, 2022

Fire breaks out in defensive profiles

Even clients with the most defensive risk profile stand to lose more than -12 per cent at Dutch…
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Erik Swords, Allianz
News
November 7, 2022

Allianz GI: cybersecurity will continue to grow strongly

Companies cannot economise on cyber security: the dangers have become far too great today. Yet the…
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