Cleo Scheerboom

The offices of CSSF in Luxembourg. Photo: IO.
Supervision
November 25, 2025

CSSF says fund industry ‘maturing’ on WMD risks

Luxembourg’s financial regulator CSSF has concluded that investment fund managers are increasingly…
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Christophe Santer
Opinion
November 25, 2025

Schengen’s lessons for global fund distribution

Fund passports were built on the same vision that shaped the Schengen Zone: shared trust and…
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Han Dieperink
Opinion
November 25, 2025

How Brussels regulated sustainability to death

It was a master plan. The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation was supposed to send massive…
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Witte bloem
Investing
November 24, 2025

Low purity can seriously hinder thematic investors

AI is going to change the world, but which companies will benefit most from that trend? Investors…
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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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Waterfall - Pexels - Foto by Luca Istrate
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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