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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
November 24, 2025

Chart of the week: liquidity problems

Financial markets are under pressure. Not only stocks but also other asset classes are mostly moving…
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Dan Ariely
Investing
November 21, 2025

ESG is measured wrong, says Dan Ariely. His fix is beating the S&P500

Dan Ariely has devoted his career to understanding irrational behavior. According to the Duke…
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Expert Panel
November 21, 2025

Morningstar: DWS versus Kempen in global equity income

One in five global dividend funds now integrates ESG criteria. Where sustainable funds in other…
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Randy Pattiselanno
Opinion
November 21, 2025

What remains of Europe’s sustainable ambitions?

It was in May 2018 that the European Commission launched its highly ambitious European Sustainable…
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The EU's climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, right, takes part in a ministerial meeting during COP30, in Belém, Brazil. Photo: EU.
Laws and Regulations
November 20, 2025

SFDR overhaul sets strict new rules for sustainable fund labels

The European Commission on Thursday unveiled sweeping changes to Europe’s Sustainable Finance…
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NatureFinance's Arend Kulenkampff addressing the COP30 meeting. Photo: NatureFinance.
News
November 20, 2025

COP30 sees nature move to the center of climate finance

The United States’ pullback from COP30 raised fears of stalled momentum in climate finance. Instead…
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Fannie Wurtz
Asset Managers
November 20, 2025

Amundi launches 100 new ETFs by 2028

Fund house Amundi presented its strategic three-year plan on Tuesday. It includes a new business…
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Investing
November 19, 2025

Art investors puncture own investment case at Deloitte’s New York forum

At the Deloitte Private Art & Finance Conference in New York, art investors did something almost…
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Johanna Kyrklund, group CIO at Schroders. Photo: Schroders.
Investing
November 19, 2025

‘It’s too early to withdraw into a bear cave’

Stretched valuations alone are not enough to derail the equity market as long as the economic…
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Skyline banks Frankfurt. Photo by Matthias Münning on Unsplash
Investing
November 18, 2025

‘Cocos have never been safer’

The solid balance sheets and high profitability of banks provide a strong foundation for deeply…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
November 18, 2025

Halfway through the AI bubble

Nervousness around AI stocks reached a boiling point last week. Michael Burry, the investor who…
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'Shadow bankers', Photo by Feodor Chistyakov on Unsplash
Investing
November 17, 2025

As banks retreat, private lenders take the wheel

A good fifteen years after the global financial crisis rewired the world’s credit circuits, a new…
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Het BlackRock hoofdkantoor in Manhattan. Foto: IO.
Investing
November 17, 2025

Blackrock’s latest loss widens rift between private credit yays and nays

New loan failures have reignited debate over the health of private credit. The bankruptcy of Renovo…
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Jeroen Blokland
Opinion
November 17, 2025

Chart of the week: apples and pears

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past twelve months, you can’t have missed witnessing…
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