Erik Breen

The price of carbon allowances plummeted in Europe against the backdrop of the escalating Russian-Ukrainian war, lowering the cost of carbon emissions for the EU's most polluting companies. That fall has since been rapidly reversed.
Products
June 29, 2022

Carbon emission funds ‘look comfortable’ for next decade

While most asset classes are recording double-digit losses this year, one corner of the market is…
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EY Luxembourg presents its 2022 attractiveness survey.
Sector
June 29, 2022

Post-Brexit financial boom in Luxembourg is over, EY says

Luxembourg’s post-Brexit boom in financial sector relocations and foreign direct investment is over…
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LuxCMA debate on green securitisation
News
June 28, 2022

Green securitisation struggles to find foothold

Green securitisation is struggling to find a foothold, it became clear at a recent LuxCMA conference…
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Assets coins stacked. Image Springwater CC BY-ND 4.0
Laws and Regulations
June 28, 2022

Alfi supports more lenient ‘opt-up’ rules for retail

Luxembourg’s fund industry supports the introduction in new EU retail finance legislation of more…
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Dariush Yazdani, Global Asset and Wealth Management Research Centre Leader, PwC Luxembourg
June 28, 2022

Most investors plan to stop investing in non-ESG funds

Two-thirds of Europe’s institutional investors plan to stop investing in non-ESG funds by the end of…
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David Claus, CEO of European Depository Bank. Photo: Apex Group.
Asset Servicing
June 27, 2022

Apex’s EDB appoints BNY Mellon's David Claus as CEO 

European Depositary Bank, the Luxembourg-based provider of banking, depositary and custody solutions…
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Right to left: Jan Longeval, Frank Vranken, Jan Vergote, Jurgen Vluijmans and moderator Michaël Van Droogenbroeck. Photo: IO.
Asset Allocation
June 27, 2022

Portfolio Day 2022: ‘Shareholder interests best served in US’

An investment portfolio today should consist predominantly of US assets. Impact investing is…
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MEP Pascal Durand, (France, Renew Europe), the EU Parliament's chief negotiator on CSRD. Photo: EP.
Laws and Regulations
June 27, 2022

EU agrees new CSRD rules to stop green-washing

The European Council and the European Parliament have taken an important step towards the…
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Eurobonds
Products
June 27, 2022

Top 5 Euro Short Term Bond Funds: CapitalAtWork leads

Few asset classes offered protection in this market correction, but investors who chose bonds with…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
June 27, 2022

Chart of the week: 'Growthless'

The Atlanta Fed GDPNow real GDP forecast for the second quarter stands at exactly 0 percent. So no…
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Prof Stephen Van Hecke addressing Investment Officer's 2022 Portfolio Day in Brussels. Photo: IO.
Events
June 24, 2022

‘War in Ukraine is a turning point in European history'

Russia’s attack on Ukraine on 24 February this year is a “turning point and a milestone in European…
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Raymond Frenken, editorial manager of Investment Officer Luxembourg.
Opinion
June 24, 2022

In Flux: A black Bloomsday

Luxembourg has witnessed that European integration still has its limits, even when war rages on…
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Professor Daniel Kahneman at the 2022 Amundi World Investment Forum in Paris. Photo: Amundi
June 23, 2022

Kahneman: better decisions make world a better place

In an interview with Investment Officer, Nobel Economics Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, speaks about…
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Quintet's head office in the centre of Luxembourg town. Photo: IO.
Asset Allocation
June 23, 2022

Quintet still sees long term quality in tech stocks

Quintet Private Bank sees “significant long-term opportunities” in a world that has experienced…
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