When the long wait for the retail investment strategy finally ended this afternoon at a European Commission press conference in Brussels, there were no big surprises. There finally will be no full ban on inducements. But Commissioner Mairead McGuinness …

Alternative investment funds last year took a bigger slice of the Luxembourg pie, a new study said on Wednesday. In terms of assets under management, alternative funds accounted for more than a third of the total last year, compared to a quarter a year …

One of the elements that Bitcoin investors cite is the cryptocurrency's performance when the stock market is doing poorly. These coins are then often described as a "flight-to-safety" investment: an asset that rises in value when the rest of the portfolio …

Global financial services provider Apex Group claims being the first in the industry to offset its entire lifetime of carbon emissions. The Bermuda-headquartered firm has offset its emissions back to 2003 with certified and audited offsetting projects, it …

Fund management companies registered some 22 new reserved alternative investment funds (Raifs) in April 2023, according to publicly-released data updated on 15 May. This development brings the total for this year so far to 128. Considering only the first …

Fears in the financial sector that the reputation of institutions - banks as well as fund managers - might suffer as an indirect consequence of stringent sustainable finance regulations might deter firms from developing new ESG products, or could make …

Financial services provider Apex Group on Tuesday said it has closed its acquisition of the data and analytics division of troubled London-based asset services provider MJ Hudson Plc. The deal includes part of MJ Hudson's business in Luxembourg. The …

Europe’s top financial supervisor on Tuesday said it has opened up a consultation on the draft technical standards for European Long Term Investment Funds, or Eltifs, to collect input from the industry. Interested stakeholders have until 24 August to …

Institutional investment portfolios in Europe could do with more venture capital, especially when it comes to making green impact investments, the Netherlands’ technology investment envoy Constantijn van Oranje-Nassau said in an IO Talks podcast …

While those European investors still in doubt about the importance of ESG are becoming increasingly bogged down in a rearguard action, U.S. states are increasingly passing anti-ESG laws. “If this becomes federal policy, I would underweight the U.S. in the …

EU ban on kickbacks off the table, at least for now

Alternative investment funds now take a third of the Luxembourg pie

Is bitcoin the new gold in a portfolio?

‘Positive ESG impact doesn’t come at cost of financial return’

Raif registrations down 20% for year to date vs 2022

‘Reputation risks may lead to fewer ESG products’

Apex closes acquisition of MJ Hudson’s data division

Eltifs: Esma opens consultation on technical standards

‘Institutional portfolios can do with more venture capital’

US anti-ESG policy seen as reason to underweight the region