Erik Breen

At the ECB Forum in Sintra, Portugal, ECB President Christine Lagarde committed herself to backing a rate hike of 25 basis points on 21 July, Photo: ECB
Investing
July 20, 2022

ECB seen doubling up with 50bp rate hike on Thursday

Pressed by persistently high inflation in the eurozone, the European Central Bank on Thursday may…
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data analysis
News
July 19, 2022

‘Analysts overly upbeat on corporate profits’

Barely seven of the first 35 companies in the US S&P 500 index to release their second-quarter…
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News
July 19, 2022

Modern pension funds embrace ESG as ‘good ancestors’

Social responsibility, sustainability, ESG and SRI are more than buzzwords for the world’s leading…
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Helen Dean, CEO of the National Employment Savings Trust (Nest) in the United Kingdom. Photo: Nest.
Asset Managers
July 19, 2022

‘Steward’ Nest seeks high standards in UK pensions

In the United Kingdom, the National Employment Savings Trust, known as Nest, is the country’s…
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Vianden castle in Luxembourg. Photo via Unsplash.
News
July 18, 2022

Fitch affirms AAA rating for Luxembourg

Ratings agency Fitch Ratings has affirmed its assessment of Luxembourg’s government debt with a ‘AAA…
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Wheat fields. Photo by Cattan2011 via Flickr CC-BY-2.0.
Products
July 18, 2022

'Agri commodities expensive for a long time to come'

The fact that agricultural commodity prices have risen very sharply in recent months does not mean…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
July 18, 2022

Chart of the week: Negative surprises limit upside potential

Negative surprises put a cap on the upside potential, especially for equities. As a rule, investors…
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ECB President Christine Lagarde and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, pictured at a 2015 IMF meeting. Photo: IMF.
News
July 18, 2022

Crisis in Italy brings back fears of eurozone crisis

The eurozone looks increasingly weak. The euro slipped to parity with the dollar last week and a…
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CSSF's head office at Rue d'Arlon in Luxembourg. Photo: Raymond Frenken.
Sector
July 15, 2022

Luxembourg banks post 20% jump in interest income

Rising interest rates and growing balance sheets have led to a rise of 20.1 percent in interest…
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Jurgen Vluijmans, editorial manager of Investment Officer Belgium.
Opinion
July 15, 2022

What can Europe offer investors?

Problems with energy supplies, a perfect storm of geopolitical uncertainty and, in the autumn…
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Nicolas Chaput, CEO of Oddo BHF Asset Management. Photo: Oddo BHF.
Asset Managers
July 15, 2022

Oddo BHF AM seeks growth in Luxembourg, Belgium

Germany and France are Oddo BHF Asset Management’s core markets, but the asset manager now wants to…
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Top 5. Photo by Joanna Poe via Flickr CC BY 2.0
Products
July 14, 2022

Top 5 emerging markets: Nordea first, ABN second

After underperforming in the first quarter, the emerging markets index outperformed the MSCI World…
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The Zizkov television tower in Prague. Photo: Robert Eklund via Unsplash CC-BY-2.0
Asset Allocation
July 14, 2022

European pension funds slow to recognise infra benefits

While Canadian and Australian pension funds are set to increase their investments in infrastructure…
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Martyn Hole, Equity Investment Director at Capital Group. Photo: CG.
Asset Managers
July 14, 2022

Capital Group long-term outlook focusses on tech

Semiconductors everywhere you look, the end of cash, the development of digital entertainment…
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